Instructions for Using the Registry

The table below shows all individual exonerations. By default, the table is set to show exonerations from 1989 through the present. Check "Pre-1989" in the Exoneration Era filter to view Pre-1989 exonerations. Use the filters on the left to search for exonerations with particular criteria. Hover over the symbols for explanations of filters or columns. Use the Keyword Search box to filter for cases that contain those keywords in the narrative summary.

If multiple keywords are entered, the search will show cases in which the narrative contains ALL of those words. So adding more search terms will narrow the search. Terms with fewer than three characters (e.g., "IQ") are ignored in searches. Searches can be further narrowed by using "quotation marks" to search for exact phrases. Keywords both inside and outside quotation marks can be combined. And, truncated words can be entered: the term "discrim" will return all variants on that root. No "wildcards," such as "*" are necessary for truncation.

Since the table is filtered to 1989 through the present by default, a search for the name of someone who was exonerated before 1989 will not produce results until the Date of Exoneration is adjusted, or the Pre-1989 filter is selected.

Once filters have been set, select the column headings you wish to display, and sort the table by whatever column heading you choose by clicking on the column heading. For more detailed instructions, see Understanding the Registry, under "About" at the top right of the Home Page.

Note: 1989 was the year of the first DNA exoneration and the dawn of a new era of wrongful convictions. The Registry used to separate the two - pre and post 1989 exonerations - into two separate and distinct databases. They are now synthesized to reflect the entire body of exoneration data. If you wish to view exonerations prior to 1989, check "Pre-1989" in the Exoneration Era filter.

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Name State County Convicted Exonerated Crime Sentence Years lost Age Race Sex Posting Date
Adams, Johnny Texas Harris 2009 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 90 days 0 52 Black Male 03-18-2016
Albritton, Amy Texas Harris 2010 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 45 days 0.1 43 White Female 07-22-2016
Alegria, Megan Texas Harris 2011 2020 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 20 White Female 04-30-2020
Allen, Billy Frederick Texas Dallas 1983 2011 Murder Life 25.5 37 White Male 04-06-2012
Amezquita, Gilbert Texas Harris 1998 2007 Assault 15 years 8.4 20 Hispanic Male 08-29-2011
Amory, Earl Texas Harris 2009 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 4 months 0.2 38 Black Male 12-22-2016
Anderson, Candice Texas Van Zandt 2007 2014 Manslaughter Probation 0 21 White Female 03-19-2015
Armstrong, Homer Texas Harris 2014 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 4 days 0 44 Black Male 10-23-2015
Arteaga, Josephine Texas Harris 2014 2015 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 21 Hispanic Female 04-01-2015
Baker, Danziel Texas Harris 2014 2015 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 22 Black Male 10-25-2015
Baker, Terry Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 30 Black Male 12-16-2014
Baldwin, Christopher Texas Harris 2014 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 8 months 0.7 30 White Male 06-17-2020
Baltierrez, Jose Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 21 Hispanic Male 01-13-2015
Baltrip, Henry Texas Harris 2013 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 7 years 2.2 22 Black Male 05-08-2015
Barrientos, David Texas Harris 2016 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 45 days 0.1 43 Hispanic Male 05-31-2016
Barry, Zachary Texas Harris 2016 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 4 days 0 28 White Male 03-18-2017
Batts, Rosa Sade Texas Harris 2012 2013 Drug Possession or Sale 2 years 1.0 25 Black Female 09-14-2013
Beal, Kenneth Texas Harris 2007 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 7 months 0.6 23 Black Male 04-14-2015
Bell, Jerrell Texas Harris 2011 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 120 days 0.3 19 Black Male 02-14-2014
Berghoff, Stacey Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 15 days 0 27 White Female 01-13-2015
Bickford, Milford Jr. Texas El Paso 1952 1955 Robbery 15 years 2.5 21 White Male 03-15-2021
Birden, Eric Texas Harris 2007 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 30 days 0.1 23 Black Male 05-08-2015
Bivens, Darrell Wayne Jr. Texas Collin 2013 2013 Sex Offender Registration 3 years 0.1 33 Black Male 04-15-2013
Blair, Michael Texas Collin 1994 2008 Murder Death 13.9 23 White Male 08-29-2011
Bledsoe, Earnest Texas Harris 2008 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 60 days 0.2 26 Black Male 09-11-2015
Brett, Scott Fed-WA (Eastern) 2017 2018 Fraud Not Sentenced 0 55 White Male 12-09-2018
Briscoe, Terence Texas Harris 2009 2010 Robbery Not Sentenced 0.6 19 Black Male 01-30-2023
Brodie, Stephen Texas Dallas 1993 2010 Child Sex Abuse 5 years 5.0 19 White Male 08-29-2011
Brooks, Gwendolyn Texas Harris 2010 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.3 52 Black Female 01-13-2015
Brooks, Quincy Texas Galveston 2017 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.1 27 Black Male 12-11-2017
Brown, Charlotte Texas Harris 2011 2012 Drug Possession or Sale 6 years 1.4 32 Black Female 04-26-2014
Burnett-Walker, Spencer Texas Harris 2014 2015 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 19 White Male 10-23-2015
Butler, A.B. Jr. Texas Smith 1983 2000 Sexual Assault Life 16.1 28 Black Male 08-29-2011
Byrd, Kevin Texas Harris 1985 1997 Sexual Assault Life 12.0 23 Black Male 08-29-2011
Cantu, Humberto Texas Harris 2009 2018 Drug Possession or Sale 7 months 0.6 26 Hispanic Male 01-11-2018
Cantu, Raul Texas Harris 2005 2005 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.2 34 Hispanic Male 10-25-2012
Carabajal, Joey Texas Williamson 2013 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 2 years 0.6 25 Hispanic Male 03-27-2014
Carnes, Linda Texas Wharton 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 5 years 0.4 26 White Female 11-14-2014
Casas, Jesus Texas Harris 2015 2016 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 17 Hispanic Male 09-30-2016
Castillo, Sergio Texas Cameron 1994 2014 Attempted Murder 25 years 12.1 29 Hispanic Male 10-09-2017
Castor, Gregory Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 90 days 0.1 34 Black Male 12-30-2014
Castro, Marvyn Texas Harris 2015 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 20 days 0.1 24 Hispanic Male 06-06-2017
Chasstion, Donald Texas Harris 2009 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 30 days 0.1 50 Black Male 08-07-2015
Chatman, Charles Texas Dallas 1981 2008 Sexual Assault Life 26.4 20 Black Male 08-31-2011
Chavez, China Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 45 days 0.1 22 White Female 01-13-2015
Chavez, Moses Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 45 days 0 22 White Male 01-14-2015
Chew, Andrew Texas Harris 2008 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 30 days 0.1 29 Black Male 10-23-2015
Childers, Brad Texas Collin 2004 2018 Robbery 50 years 14.2 20 White Male 07-01-2018
Clark, Cleaven Texas Harris 2008 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.5 23 Black Male 03-08-2016
Clements, H.A. Texas Navarro 1926 1929 Robbery 5 years 1.6 White Male 03-13-2018
Cleveland, Jarrel Texas Harris 2012 2022 Drug Possession or Sale 7 months 0.6 24 Black Male 04-28-2022
Colbert, Walter Texas Harris 2009 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 90 days 0.1 30 Black Male 05-27-2017
Cole, Timothy B. Texas Lubbock 1986 2009 Sexual Assault 25 years 13.4 24 Black Male 08-29-2011
Coleman, Keith Texas Harris 2006 2013 Drug Possession or Sale 8 months 0.7 24 Black Male 01-17-2013
Collins, Skye Texas Harris 2017 2017 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 36 Black Female 07-31-2017
Coney, Robert Carroll Texas Angelina 1966 2004 Robbery Life 38.4 33 Black Male 08-29-2011
Contee, Darian Texas Lubbock 2007 2010 Weapon Possession or Sale 3 years 2.5 18 Black Male 10-19-2012
Cottingham, Jamaka Texas Harris 1997 2023 Robbery 30 years 14.7 17 Black Male 08-02-2023
Crochon, Joseph Texas Harris 2014 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 30 days 0.1 60 Black Male 03-01-2016
Cunningham, Dean Texas Cherokee 2014 2015 Sex Offender Registration 7 years 1.5 53 White Male 10-09-2015
Curbow, Samuel Texas Cherokee 1939 1940 Robbery 30 years 1.1 26 Don't Know Male 03-13-2018
Curry, Adrian Texas Harris 2007 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 150 days 0.2 28 Black Male 08-25-2016
Curtis, Exzavian Texas Harris 2013 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 23 Black Male 12-28-2014
Daigle, Prentice Texas Harris 2007 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 1 year and 3 months 0.9 19 Black Male 10-04-2016
Dardar, Lanchester Texas Harris 2010 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 27 Black Male 10-23-2015
Dauer, Christopher Texas Jones 2013 2018 Sex Offender Registration 5 years 0.9 35 White Male 04-18-2018
Davenport-Fritsche, Donna Texas Montgomery 2012 2013 Drug Possession or Sale 60 days 0.2 30 White Female 05-17-2013
Davis, Dennis Texas Travis 2011 2018 Murder 36 years 3.0 35 White Male 06-19-2019
Davis, Patrice Texas Harris 2014 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 90 days 0.1 25 Black Female 06-09-2017
Demings, Barry Texas Harris 2008 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.5 55 Black Male 08-02-2015
Diaz, Victor Texas Harris 2011 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 17 Hispanic Male 12-26-2014
Dixon, Christopher Texas Harris 2005 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 180 days 0.2 31 Black Male 09-18-2017
Dixon, Isaac Texas Harris 2014 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 90 days 0.2 26 Black Male 07-15-2015
Duke, Timmy Texas Dallas 1992 2018 Burglary 25 years 25.7 24 White Male 08-02-2018
Dukes, Jerry Texas Harris 2007 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 8 months 0.7 54 White Male 09-11-2015
Duncan, Cornelia Texas Harris 2013 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.5 33 Black Female 05-08-2015
Dupree, Cornelius Jr. Texas Dallas 1980 2011 Robbery 75 years 30.1 20 Black Male 08-29-2011
Durall, Willie Texas Harris 2015 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 30 days 0 33 Black Male 06-16-2016
Earnest, Michael Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 26 White Male 01-14-2015
Elliff, Hicks Texas Nueces 1982 2007 Murder 55 years 25.2 23 White Male 01-24-2012
Emerson, Tommy Texas Harris 2009 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.5 49 Black Male 03-18-2016
Escamilla, Richard Texas Dallas 2023 2024 Drug Possession or Sale 3 years 0 35 Hispanic Male 02-04-2025
Escobar, Jose Texas Harris 2015 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 21 days 0 20 Hispanic Male 10-28-2015
Evans, Jerry Lee Texas Dallas 1987 2009 Sexual Assault Life 22.3 24 Black Male 08-29-2011
Fergeson, Latanya Texas Harris 2008 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 7 months 0.6 29 Black Female 08-07-2015
Flores, Douglas Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 18 Hispanic Male 10-26-2015
Flores, Ernesto Jr. Texas Hidalgo 2004 2015 Burglary 2 years 1.2 23 Hispanic Male 03-05-2015
Flowers, Wanda Texas Harris 2015 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 8 days 0 36 Black Female 07-11-2016
Forrest, Paul Texas Bexar 2012 2018 Other Nonviolent Felony 2 years 0.8 29 White Male 08-08-2018
Fossum, Steven Texas Harris 1984 1986 Sexual Assault 5 to 12 years 2.3 23 White Male 03-13-2018
Fountain, Wiley Jr. Texas Dallas 1986 2003 Sexual Assault 40 years 16.0 29 Black Male 08-29-2011
Fox, Bretton Texas Harris 2008 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 10 days 0 24 White Male 05-08-2015
Frederick, Sherri Texas Harris 2010 2012 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.4 33 Black Female 10-18-2012
Fuentes, Israel Texas Montgomery 2013 2013 Drug Possession or Sale 5 years 0.1 19 Hispanic Male 06-30-2013
Fuller, Larry Texas Dallas 1981 2006 Sexual Assault 50 years 17.8 32 Black Male 08-29-2011
Gainus, Rhonda Texas Ellis 2012 2013 Drug Possession or Sale 3 years 0.4 44 White Female 05-12-2013
Garcia, Adrian Texas Harris 2015 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 25 days 0 19 Hispanic Male 12-09-2015
Garibay, Alejandro Texas Harris 2017 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 6 days 0 30 White Male 07-31-2017
Garza, Fernando Texas Harris 2013 2020 Drug Possession or Sale 180 days 0.1 23 Hispanic Male 04-30-2020
Garza, Michael Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 10 months 0.1 28 White Male 12-29-2014