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A Project of the University of California Irvine Newkirk Center for Science & Society,
University of Michigan Law School & Michigan State University College of Law

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How to use the Registry. First, scroll down until you s​ee the list of names. To sort any of the columns, place the cursor over a column heading, such as AGE, and click on the arrow. You can sort in alphabetical or chronological order or click on a particular value to select just the cases in that category. You can sort on more than one column or even multiple columns: such as STAT​E and COUNTY and CRIME.

The two columns with "Tags" in their labels allow you to sort cases by additional characteristics. At the top of the page, you will see the listing of the various Tags. To see more detailed definitions for these terms, hover over their full names or click on the links. You can only sort for one variable at a time in the TAG columns. To sort for several at once, please download our data as a spreadsheet.

Tags

OM Tags

  • PR: Prosecutor Misconduct
  • OF: Police Officer Misconduct
  • FA: Forensic Analyst Misconduct
  • CW: Child Welfare Worker Misconduct
  • WH: Withheld Exculpatory Evidence
  • NW: Misconduct That Is Not Withholding Evidence
  • KP: Knowingly Permitting Perjury
  • WT: Witnes​s Tampering Or Misconduct Interrogating Co-defendant
  • INT: Misconduct In Interrogation of Exoneree
  • PJ: Perjury By Official
  • PL: Prosecutor Lied In Court

The six columns on the far right of this page display separately the Contributing Factors that contributed to the wrongful conviction. To save space, we use abbreviations. To see definitions of these factors, click on their full names:

​Keyword Filter:

Connected to: National Registry of Exonerations

To search the Registry for a name or keyword, type in the [Search] box. The filter finds cases that contain any of the words you enter if you check Or, or all of them if you check And. Do not use quotation marks. It allows truncation, but not with truncation symbols such as * and !​
Tags
OM Tags
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BaddeleyGabriel19BlackWABentonA, PArson2 months20022004FC
ChristophDayna16WhiteWASpokaneCV, F, IO, JV, NC, P, SAOF, NW, INTChild Sex Abuse21 to 28 weeks19952000FCOMILD
CunninghamHenry46WhiteWAChelanCSH, CV, IO, NC, P, SAOF, NW, WT, INTChild Sex Abuse47 years19941999FCP/FAOMILD
EverettHarold65WhiteWAChelanCSH, CV, IO, NC, P, SAOF, CW, NW, WTChild Sex Abuse23 years19941998P/FAF/MFEOM
EverettIdella41WhiteWAChelanCSH, CV, F, IO, NC, P, SAOF, CW, NW, WT, INTChild Sex Abuse4 years and 8 months19941998FCP/FAF/MFEOM
SpencerClyde Ray37WhiteWAClarkCV, NC, P, SAPR, OF, WH, NW, WTChild Sex AbuseLife19852010P/FAOM
TownMeredith36WhiteWAChelanCSH, CV, IO, NC, P, SAOF, CW, NW, WT, INTChild Sex Abuse20 years19942000FCP/FAOM
WashingtonMichael16WhiteWASnohomishJV, PBurglary/Unlawful Entry1 year20052006DNAMWIDFC
WheelerMichael51WhiteWAThurstonNC, PSex Offender Registration20 days20002015ILD
WheelerMichael61WhiteWAPierceNC, PSex Offender Registration1 year and 5 months20112013ILD