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| Name | State | County | Convicted | Exonerated | Crime | Sentence | Years lost | Age | Race | Sex | Date of Release | Posting Date |
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| Ward, Bernard | Maryland | Anne Arundel | 1989 | 1994 | Murder | Life | 4.6 | 28 | White | Male | 1994 | 06-22-2013 |
| Ward, James | Ohio | Franklin | 1991 | 1993 | Theft | 1 year | 0.5 | 34 | Black | Male | 1991 | 12-21-2018 |
| Ward, Joseph | Massachusetts | Suffolk | 1895 | 1896 | Theft | 5 years | 0.8 | 20 | Don't Know | Male | 1896 | 03-13-2018 |
| Ward, Madeleine | Illinois | DuPage | 2006 | 2008 | Theft | 6 years and 7 months | 2.2 | 52 | White | Female | 2008 | 04-05-2013 |
| Ward, Nathaniel | Texas | McLennan | 1999 | 2001 | Robbery | 45 years | 2.3 | 35 | Black | Male | 2001 | 10-19-2012 |
| Ward, Ramon | Michigan | Wayne | 1995 | 2020 | Murder | Life without parole | 25.1 | 18 | Black | Male | 2020 | 03-23-2020 |
| Ward, William | Alabama | Tuscaloosa | 1975 | 1977 | Manslaughter | 10 years | 1.4 | 21 | Black | Male | 1977 | 03-13-2018 |
| Wardell, Billy | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 1997 | Sexual Assault | 69 years | 9.6 | 21 | Black | Male | 1997 | 08-29-2011 |
| Ware, Melonie | Georgia | DeKalb | 2005 | 2009 | Murder | Life | 1.0 | 30 | Black | Female | 2006 | 10-11-2011 |
| Ware, Robert | Illinois | Woodford | 2017 | 2022 | Assault | 4 years | 3.2 | 40 | Black | Male | 2021 | 05-31-2023 |
| Warner, Colin | New York | Kings | 1982 | 2001 | Murder | 15 to Life | 18.6 | 18 | Black | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 |
| Warney, Douglas | New York | Monroe | 1997 | 2006 | Murder | 25 to Life | 9.3 | 34 | White | Male | 2006 | 08-29-2011 |
| Warren, Cedric | Kansas | Wyandotte | 2010 | 2024 | Murder | 50 to Life | 14.2 | 18 | Black | Male | 2024 | 01-23-2025 |
| Warren, David | New York | New York | 1987 | 2024 | Murder | 15 to Life | 20.4 | 16 | Black | Male | 2007 | 02-12-2024 |
| Warren, Dawan | Indiana | DeKalb | 1998 | 2013 | Robbery | 6 years | 4.8 | 18 | Black | Male | 2003 | 07-24-2022 |
| Warren, Gregory | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 28 | Black | Male | 2007 | 12-10-2018 |
| Warrior, Kevin | Oklahoma | Tulsa | 2016 | 2019 | Murder | Life | 3.6 | 23 | Black | Male | 2019 | 11-25-2019 |
| Warthen, Marando | Maryland | Baltimore City | 1984 | 2023 | Murder | Life | 38.4 | 22 | Black | Male | 2023 | 08-20-2025 |
| Washburn, Michael | Massachusetts | Bristol | 2002 | 2003 | Child Sex Abuse | 4 years | 0.4 | 20 | White | Male | 2003 | 11-17-2017 |
| Washington, Brandon | California | Sacramento | 2013 | 2023 | Assault | 8 years | 2.2 | 21 | Black | Male | 2015 | 04-22-2024 |
| Washington, Calvin E. | Texas | McLennan | 1987 | 2001 | Murder | Life | 13.6 | 30 | Black | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 |
| Washington, Darryl | Texas | Dallas | 1996 | 2012 | Robbery | Life | 16.0 | 24 | Black | Male | 2012 | 06-18-2012 |
| Washington, Earl Jr. | Virginia | Culpeper | 1984 | 2000 | Murder | Death | 16.7 | 22 | Black | Male | 2000 | 08-29-2011 |
| Washington, Gary | Maryland | Baltimore City | 1987 | 2019 | Murder | Life | 31.6 | 25 | Black | Male | 2019 | 02-16-2019 |
| Washington, Jabbar | New York | Kings | 1997 | 2017 | Murder | 25 to Life | 20.3 | 21 | Black | Male | 2017 | 07-17-2017 |
| Washington, Mahlik | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 16 | Black | Male | 2008 | 09-13-2023 |
| Washington, Michael | Washington | Snohomish | 2005 | 2006 | Burglary | 1 year | 0.1 | 16 | White | Male | 2006 | 08-08-2017 |
| Washington, Phillip | Michigan | Berrien | 2007 | 2009 | Drug Possession or Sale | Unknown | 2.0 | 24 | Black | Male | 2009 | 01-09-2023 |
| Washington, Sean | New Jersey | Camden | 1996 | 2020 | Murder | 60 to life | 23.5 | 23 | Black | Male | 2020 | 02-28-2020 |
| Washington, Terrance | Florida | Leon | 1997 | 2001 | Murder | Life without parole | 2.5 | 16 | Black | Male | 2000 | 10-02-2022 |
| Washington, Vonaire | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 1991 | 2001 | Robbery | 22 years | 9.5 | 24 | Black | Male | 2001 | 07-09-2014 |
| Washington, Wayne | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2015 | Murder | 25 years | 10.6 | 20 | Black | Male | 2007 | 02-12-2015 |
| Washington-Riley, Alexander | Illinois | Cook | 2014 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 20 | Black | Male | 2014 | 03-13-2020 |
| Waters, Kenneth | Massachusetts | Middlesex | 1983 | 2001 | Murder | Life | 17.8 | 25 | White | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 |
| Waters, Leo | North Carolina | Onslow | 1982 | 2003 | Sexual Assault | Life | 21.0 | 30 | White | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 |
| Watford, Roy III | Virginia | Portsmouth City | 1978 | 2018 | Child Sex Abuse | Probation | 0 | 18 | Black | Male | 1978 | 03-08-2018 |
| Watkins, Cathy | New York | Bronx | 1997 | 2012 | Murder | 25 to life | 15.1 | 27 | Black | Female | 2012 | 12-13-2012 |
| Watkins, Jacob | Oregon | Marion | 2011 | 2023 | Sexual Assault | 12 years and 6 months | 12.1 | 23 | White | Male | 2023 | 06-26-2024 |
| Watkins, Jerry | Indiana | Hancock | 1986 | 2000 | Murder | 60 years | 13.9 | 26 | White | Male | 2000 | 08-29-2011 |
| Watkins, John | Arizona | Maricopa | 2004 | 2010 | Sexual Assault | 14 years | 6.9 | 19 | White | Male | 2010 | 08-29-2011 |
| Watkins, Joseph | Georgia | Floyd | 2001 | 2023 | Murder | Life | 21.5 | 19 | White | Male | 2023 | 10-17-2023 |
| Watkins, Joyce | Tennessee | Davidson | 1988 | 2022 | Murder | Life | 27.2 | 39 | Black | Female | 2015 | 01-24-2022 |
| Watkins, Kimberly | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | 1 year and 6 months | 0.2 | 31 | Black | Female | 2007 | 03-01-2022 |
| Watkins, Ledura | Michigan | Wayne | 1976 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 41.2 | 19 | Black | Male | 2017 | 06-29-2017 |
| Watkins, Ransom | Maryland | Baltimore City | 1984 | 2019 | Murder | Life | 35.5 | 16 | Black | Male | 2019 | 12-09-2019 |
| Watson, James | Massachusetts | Suffolk | 1981 | 2020 | Murder | Life without parole | 38.7 | 20 | Black | Male | 2020 | 11-25-2020 |
| Watson, Robert Lamar | Florida | Polk | 1965 | 1965 | Robbery | 10 years | 0.3 | 24 | White | Male | 1965 | 03-13-2018 |
| Watts, Oneal | New York | Bronx | 2015 | 2020 | Attempt, Violent | 6 years | 2.9 | 20 | Black | Male | 2018 | 02-16-2021 |
| Ways, Anthony | New Jersey | Camden | 1991 | 2005 | Murder | Life | 12.8 | 19 | Black | Male | 2004 | 12-08-2015 |
| Weakley, Eric | Virginia | Culpeper | 2001 | 2022 | Murder | 6 years and 8 months | 5.2 | 16 | White | Male | 2006 | 01-26-2022 |
| Weatherly, Harold | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 1984 | 2007 | Attempted Murder | 40 years | 14.6 | 25 | White | Male | 1998 | 08-01-2019 |
| Weathers, Nathaniel | Texas | Harris | 2015 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | 15 days | 0 | 21 | Black | Male | 2015 | 10-04-2016 |
| Weathington, Jennifer | Georgia | Paulding | 2013 | 2019 | Murder | Life | 0.6 | 19 | White | Female | 2014 | 05-12-2019 |
| Weaver, David | North Carolina | Wake | 2020 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | 2 years and 11 months to 4 years and 3 months | 2.1 | 40 | Black | Male | 2022 | 06-27-2022 |
| Weaver, Joseph | Ohio | Cuyahoga | 1927 | 1929 | Murder | Death | 2.0 | 33 | Black | Male | 1929 | 03-13-2018 |
| Weaver, Mary | Iowa | Marshall | 1994 | 1997 | Murder | Life without parole | 2.0 | 41 | White | Female | 1996 | 07-29-2012 |
| Weaver, Ricky | Idaho | Elmore | 2020 | 2024 | Solicitation | 15 years | 4.2 | 34 | White | Male | 2024 | 09-26-2024 |
| Webb, Kenneth | Michigan | Washtenaw | 1987 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 35.2 | 30 | White | Male | 2022 | 11-14-2022 |
| Webb, Mark | Texas | Tarrant | 1987 | 2002 | Sexual Assault | 30 years | 14.6 | 22 | White | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 |
| Webb, Ricky | Tennessee | Gibson | 1978 | 2024 | Murder | Life without parole | 45.9 | 21 | Black | Male | 2024 | 11-12-2024 |
| Webb, Thomas III | Oklahoma | Cleveland | 1983 | 1996 | Sexual Assault | 60 years | 12.9 | 22 | Black | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 |
| Webb, Troy | Virginia | Virginia Beach | 1989 | 1996 | Sexual Assault | 47 years | 7.7 | 20 | Black | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 |
| Webster, Bernard | Maryland | Baltimore | 1983 | 2002 | Sexual Assault | 30 years | 19.7 | 19 | Black | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 |
| Webster, Joseph | Tennessee | Davidson | 2006 | 2020 | Murder | Life | 14.7 | 19 | Black | Male | 2020 | 11-30-2020 |
| Weekly, Isaac | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 23 | Black | Male | 2007 | 12-10-2018 |
| Weekly, London | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2024 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 15 | Black | Male | 2005 | 06-21-2024 |
| Weeks, Carlos | New York | Kings | 1995 | 2019 | Murder | 27 1/2 to Life | 24.6 | 20 | Black | Male | 2019 | 10-09-2019 |
| Weichel, Fred | Massachusetts | Norfolk | 1981 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 35.7 | 28 | White | Male | 2017 | 08-10-2017 |
| Weimer, Crystal | Pennsylvania | Fayette | 2006 | 2016 | Murder | 15 to 30 years | 9.5 | 23 | White | Female | 2015 | 06-29-2016 |
| Weiner, Murray | California | San Diego | 1994 | 1996 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 2.5 | 65 | White | Male | 1996 | 03-16-2013 |
| Weir, John | Oklahoma | Comanche | 1986 | 1987 | Sexual Assault | 51 years | 1.1 | 22 | White | Male | 1987 | 01-09-2020 |
| Weitzel, Robert | Utah | Davis | 2000 | 2002 | Manslaughter | 1 to 15 years | 0.5 | 39 | White | Male | 2001 | 06-27-2014 |
| Welcome, Ernest | New York | Bronx | 1970 | 1977 | Murder | 25 years to life | 7.7 | 20 | Black | Male | 1977 | 03-30-2021 |
| Weldon, Kyle | Iowa | Polk | 2015 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | 31 days | 0.1 | 21 | White | Male | 2015 | 01-27-2017 |
| Wellmon, William | North Carolina | Iredell | 1942 | 1943 | Sexual Assault | Death | 1.0 | 36 | Black | Male | 1943 | 03-13-2018 |
| Wells, Harold | Michigan | Wayne | 1992 | 1993 | Possession of Stolen Property | 1 1/2 to 5 years | 1.0 | 24 | Black | Male | 1993 | 08-29-2011 |
| Wells, Keith | Texas | Johnson | 1998 | 2018 | Child Sex Abuse | 4 years | 2.9 | 17 | Black | Male | 2001 | 08-07-2018 |
| Wenger, Braden | California | Contra Costa | 2015 | 2016 | Other Nonviolent Misdemeanor | 25 days | 0 | 30 | White | Male | 2015 | 02-07-2017 |
| West, Antonio | Fed-IL | (Northern) | 2013 | 2016 | Weapon Possession or Sale | 15 years | 2.7 | 47 | Black | Male | 2016 | 04-15-2016 |
| West, Keith | Kentucky | Jefferson | 1995 | 2019 | Murder | Life | 3.7 | 19 | Black | Male | 1998 | 01-20-2020 |
| West, Mark | Texas | Harris | 2014 | 2014 | Drug Possession or Sale | 6 months | 0 | 47 | Black | Male | 2014 | 01-14-2015 |
| Westbrooks, Lashane | New York | Kings | 2007 | 2007 | Drug Possession or Sale | 3 years and 6 months | 0.1 | 29 | Black | Male | 2007 | 09-03-2013 |
| Westly, William | New York | Bronx | 1999 | 2002 | Sexual Assault | 20 to Life | 1.9 | 47 | Black | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 |
| Westmoreland, Donte | Kansas | Riley | 2017 | 2021 | Drug Possession or Sale | 7 years and 8 months. | 3.7 | 23 | Black | Male | 2020 | 05-04-2021 |
| Weston, Demond | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2019 | Murder | 75 years | 27.7 | 17 | Black | Male | 2019 | 01-09-2020 |
| Wheatt, Derrick | Ohio | Cuyahoga | 1996 | 2016 | Murder | 18 to life | 19.2 | 17 | Black | Male | 2015 | 08-17-2016 |
| Wheeler, Michael | Washington | Thurston | 2000 | 2015 | Sex Offender Registration | 20 days | 0.1 | 51 | White | Male | 2000 | 01-27-2017 |
| Wheeler, Michael | Washington | Pierce | 2011 | 2013 | Sex Offender Registration | 1 year and 5 months | 0.9 | 61 | White | Male | 2011 | 01-27-2017 |
| Wheeler-Whichard, Jonathan | New York | Kings | 1997 | 2009 | Murder | 25 to Life | 0.1 | 16 | Black | Male | 1997 | 08-29-2011 |
| Whirl, Shawn | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2015 | Murder | 60 years | 24.0 | 20 | Black | Male | 2015 | 10-22-2015 |
| Whitaker, Mark | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 2003 | 2019 | Murder | Life without parole | 15.5 | 29 | Black | Male | 2019 | 06-12-2019 |
| White, Antoine | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 21 | Black | Male | 2003 | 05-16-2022 |
| White, Curtis | Virginia | Loudoun | 1993 | 1994 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 0.9 | 31 | Black | Male | 1994 | 03-11-2013 |
| White, George | Alabama | Coffee | 1987 | 1992 | Murder | Life | 2.3 | 36 | White | Male | 1989 | 08-29-2011 |
| White, John Jerome | Georgia | Meriwether | 1980 | 2007 | Sexual Assault | Life | 27.5 | 19 | Black | Male | 2007 | 08-29-2011 |
| White, Joseph | Nebraska | Gage | 1989 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 18.9 | 22 | White | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 |
| White, Kareem | Texas | Swisher | 2000 | 2003 | Drug Possession or Sale | 60 years | 2.8 | 22 | Black | Male | 2003 | 06-09-2022 |
| White, Kizzie | Texas | Swisher | 2000 | 2003 | Drug Possession or Sale | 25 years | 3.2 | 21 | Black | Female | 2003 | 06-09-2022 |
| White, Lionel Jr. | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 17 | Black | Male | 2006 | 11-28-2018 |
| White, Lionel Sr. | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | 5 years | 2.3 | 33 | Black | Male | 2008 | 12-20-2016 |