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WRONGFUL CONVICTION DAY

WRONGFUL CONVICTION DAY

To mark this commemoration, the National Registry of Exonerations announces another sobering milestone: Exonerated defendants have collectively served over 30,000 years in prison for crimes they did not commit. We maintain a list of the longest serving exonerees, cataloging those who served 25 years or more. ​
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Glynn Simmons

Glynn Simmons

In 1975, Glynn Simmons was sentenced to death for a murder during a robbery in Edmond, Oklahoma. His sentence was later commuted to life without parole, and in 2023 he was exonerated based on evidence that the prosecution had failed to disclose that the only eyewitness who identified him had testified falsely at his trial as well as additional alibi evidence that he was in Louisiana at the time of the crime.(Photo: Yahoo News)​
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Interactive Data Display

Interactive Data Display

Use our clickable map & graph to filter and display exonerations by state, race, contributing factors, crime, year, and more.
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Gerardo Cabanillas

Gerardo Cabanillas

In 1996, Gerardo Cabanillas was sentenced to 87 years to life in prison for two separate carjackings and a rape. He was exonerated in 2023 after DNA testing excluded him from the biological evidence and identified DNA profiles of two other men. ​(Photo: Laurence Colletti of Legal Talk Network)
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Bernard Williams

Bernard Williams

In 1998, Bernard Williams was sentenced to 80 years in prison for a shooting that killed one person and injured three others in Chicago, Illinois. He was granted a new trial and acquitted in 2023, after the only witness who identified him recanted, and evidence showed that detectives fabricated his confession to the crime.(Photo: Matthew Hendrickson/Sun-Times)​
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