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 Date of Release Posting Date
Walker, William Ohio Stark 2002 2005 Robbery 3 years 0.6 36 Black Male 2003 04-14-2015
Wallace, Robert Georgia Baldwin 1980 1987 Murder Death 7.3 29 Black Male 1987 03-13-2018
Wallach, E. Robert Fed-NY (Southern) 1989 1993 Fraud 6 years 0 50 White Male 1989 03-29-2013
Waller, James Texas Dallas 1983 2007 Child Sex Abuse 30 years 10.4 26 Black Male 1993 08-29-2011
Waller, Patrick Texas Dallas 1992 2008 Kidnapping Life 15.6 22 Black Male 2008 08-29-2011
Wallis, Gregory Texas Dallas 1989 2007 Sexual Assault 50 years 16.9 27 White Male 2006 08-29-2011
Walls, George Pennsylvania Allegheny 2003 2011 Sexual Assault 5 to 10 years 7.6 39 Black Male 2011 08-30-2012
Walpole, Merla California San Bernadino 1975 1975 Murder Not Sentenced 0 26 Hispanic Female 1975 03-13-2018
Walter, Sullivan Louisiana Orleans 1986 2022 Sexual Assault 35 years 35.0 17 Black Male 2021 08-31-2022
Wanzer, Terry Lee Georgia Clayton 1973 1991 Sexual Assault Life 7.9 20 White Male 1981 08-29-2011
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, 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
Warren, Dawan Indiana DeKalb 1998 2013 Robbery 6 years 4.8 18 Black Male 2003 07-24-2022
Warrior, Kevin Oklahoma Tulsa 2016 2019 Murder Life 3.6 23 Black Male 2019 11-25-2019
Washington, Brandon California Sacramento 2013 2023 Assault 8 years 2.2 21 Black Male 2015 04-22-2024
Washington, Darryl Texas Dallas 1996 2012 Robbery Life 16.0 24 Black Male 2012 06-18-2012
Washington, Michael Washington Snohomish 2005 2006 Burglary 1 year 0.1 16 White Male 2006 08-08-2017
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-Riley, Alexander Illinois Cook 2014 2019 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 20 Black Male 2014 03-13-2020
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, 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
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
Weakley, Eric Virginia Culpeper 2001 2022 Murder 6 years and 8 months 5.2 16 White Male 2006 01-26-2022
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, 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
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, 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
Weeks, Carlos New York Kings 1995 2019 Murder 27 1/2 to Life 24.6 20 Black Male 2019 10-09-2019
Weiner, Mark Virginia Albemarle 2013 2015 Kidnapping 8 years 2.1 52 White Male 2015 07-16-2015
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
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
Werkheiser, Julie New York Tioga 2015 2024 Child Sex Abuse 11 to Life 7.8 31 White Female 2023 02-08-2024
West, Antonio Fed-IL (Northern) 2013 2016 Weapon Possession or Sale 15 years 2.7 47 Black Male 2016 04-15-2016
West, Mark Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0 47 Black Male 2014 01-14-2015
Westly, William New York Bronx 1999 2002 Sexual Assault 20 to Life 1.9 47 Black Male 2001 08-29-2011
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
Whitaker, Mark Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2003 2019 Murder Life without parole 15.5 29 Black Male 2019 06-12-2019
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, Michael New York Erie 2006 2015 Sexual Assault 5 years 5.3 35 Native American Male 2011 05-20-2015
Whitehead, Ronnie Texas Harris 2004 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.6 31 White Male 2004 01-14-2015
Whitley, Drew Pennsylvania Allegheny 1989 2006 Murder Life 16.9 32 Black Male 2006 08-29-2011
Whitmore, George Jr. New York Kings 1966 1973 Sexual Assault 5 to 10 years 7.1 20 Black Male 1973 03-13-2018
Wickham, Christopher Utah Salt Lake 1997 2019 Sexual Assault 20 to life 14.3 27 White Male 2011 10-02-2019
Wiggins, David Lee Texas Tarrant 1989 2012 Child Sex Abuse Life 23.2 24 White Male 2012 11-06-2012
Wilber, Danny Wisconsin Milwaukee 2005 2022 Murder Life 16.8 24 Native American Male 2021 07-04-2022
Wilbur, Raymond Rhode Island Providence 1969 1974 Other Nonviolent Felony 15 years 4.2 28 Don't Know Male 1974 01-09-2023
Wilcox, George Arkansas Pulaski 1998 2001 Assault Not Sentenced 0 55 White Male 1998 06-22-2016
Wiley, Kelvin California San Diego 1990 1992 Assault 4 years 1.1 29 Black Male 1992 09-07-2012
Wilhoit, Gregory Oklahoma Osage 1987 1993 Murder Death 5.9 30 White Male 1993 08-29-2011
Wilkins, Geary Texas Harris 2013 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.3 40 Black Male 2013 05-28-2014
Wilkinson, Robert Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1976 1977 Murder Not Sentenced 1.1 26 White Male 1977 03-13-2018
Wilks, Calvin Mississippi Hinds 1981 1984 Murder Life 3.8 21 Don't Know Male 1984 03-13-2018
Willett, Jeffery Wisconsin Washington 2007 2010 Child Sex Abuse 30 years 2.6 29 White Male 2010 06-26-2012
Williams, Antonio Alabama Jefferson 2007 2011 Child Sex Abuse Life 4.4 35 Black Male 2011 11-06-2012
Williams, Arthur Texas Harris 2005 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 8 months 0.3 34 Black Male 2005 11-05-2016
Williams, Calvin Louisiana Orleans 1977 1996 Murder Life 15.0 Black Male 1992 08-29-2011
Williams, Charles Connecticut Hartford 2014 2024 Other Violent Felony 10 years 8.8 40 Black Male 2023 04-10-2024
Williams, Christopher Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1993 2019 Murder Death 0 29 Black Male 1993 02-03-2020
Williams, Christopher Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1992 2021 Murder Life without parole 29.0 29 Black Male 2021 02-24-2021
Williams, Clifford Jr. Florida Duval 1976 2019 Murder Death 42.6 33 Black Male 2019 04-04-2019
Williams, Darnell Illinois Cook 2017 2020 Other Violent Misdemeanor Probation 0 36 Black Male 2017 06-28-2024
Williams, Darrell Oklahoma Payne 2012 2014 Sexual Assault Probation 0.2 21 Black Male 2012 06-26-2014
Williams, Darryl New York Queens 2014 2022 Robbery 15 years 8.7 49 Black Male 2022 12-16-2022
Williams, Demarko Illinois Cook 2018 2023 Other Nonviolent Felony 10 years 5.0 38 Black Male 2023 08-13-2024
Williams, Derrick Raphel Florida Manatee 1993 2011 Sexual Assault Life 18.0 29 Black Male 2011 08-29-2011
Williams, Duane Michigan Wayne 2013 2024 Murder Life without parole 10.8 42 Black Male 2024 11-01-2024
Williams, Eugene Alabama Jackson 1931 1937 Sexual Assault Death 6.3 15 Black Male 1937 03-13-2018
Williams, George North Carolina Onslow 1922 1928 Murder Death 5.4 Black Male 1928 03-13-2018
Williams, Gregory Texas Lubbock 2018 2023 Sex Offender Registration 2 years 4.0 55 Black Male 2022 04-19-2024