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AbernathyChristopherIllinoisCook19872015DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct2/13/2015
AbregoEruby IllinoisCook20042022Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/25/2022
AgnewGregoryIllinoisLake19882001False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Inadequate Legal Defense1/18/2018
AguirreOmarIllinoisCook19992003False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
AllenJamesIllinoisCook19872021Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct9/27/2021
AlmendarezArthurIllinoisCook19902022False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/8/2022
AmorWilliamIllinoisDuPage19972018False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence2/23/2018
AndersenDanielIllinoisCook19822015DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/15/2015
AndrewsJamesIllinoisCook19852008False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct12/21/2012
BaileyKevinIllinoisCook19902018DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct2/3/2018
BakerBenIllinoisCook20062016False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct1/19/2016
BanksGregoryIllinoisCook19851990False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct7/11/2019
BatchelorCoreyIllinoisCook19912018DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct2/3/2018
BatesDavidIllinoisCook19851995False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct1/30/2015
BenitezFranciscoIllinoisCook19912023Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct10/5/2023
BradfordMarcelliusIllinoisCook19882001DNAFalse Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
BrittonRobertIllinoisCook19962014False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense11/12/2014
BrownArthurIllinoisCook19902017False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense11/26/2017
BrownMarcelIllinoisCook20112018False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense7/24/2018
CainJeremiahIllinoisCook20012022False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/25/2022
CaineEricIllinoisCook19892011False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/31/2011
CastilloMiguelIllinoisCook19912001False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
ChatmanCarlIllinoisCook20042013False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense9/10/2013
ColemanNevestIllinoisCook19972017DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct12/4/2017
ColonEdgardoIllinoisCook20172023False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense7/19/2023
CruzRolandoIllinoisDuPage19851995DNAFalse Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
DayArnoldIllinoisCook19942018False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense12/20/2018
DeLeon-ReyesArturoIllinoisCook20002017False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct1/3/2018
DixonMatthewIllinoisCook20172022False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct7/24/2022
DrewFrankIllinoisCook19992024False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense4/10/2024
EdwardsJamesIllinoisLake19962012DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct6/10/2012
EscamillaNicholasIllinoisCook19942023False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct11/14/2023
EvansMichaelIllinoisCook19762003DNAMistaken Witness ID, False Confession, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
EzellLaShawnIllinoisCook19982017False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct3/1/2017
FauntleroyDavidIllinoisCook19862009False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct12/21/2012
FryeRalphIllinoisIroquois19891996False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
FultonDarrylIllinoisCook19972017DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct12/4/2017
FultonJohnIllinoisCook20062019DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense6/17/2020
GalvanJohnIllinoisCook19892022Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/8/2022
GardnerLewisIllinoisCook19952014False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense6/24/2014
GaugerGaryIllinoisMcHenry19931996False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
GechtDavidIllinoisCook20002022False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense8/4/2022
Geralds, Jr.HubertIllinoisCook19972000DNAFalse Confession8/31/2011
GibsonJamesIllinoisCook19912019False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense5/4/2019
GillespieJerryIllinoisCook19942024False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct4/18/2024
GomezArielIllinoisCook19982018False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct2/20/2018
GonzalezAlfredoIllinoisCook19922022False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense8/23/2022
GonzalezAngelIllinoisLake19952015DNAMistaken Witness ID, False Confession, Official Misconduct3/12/2015
GrayAdamIllinoisCook19962017Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense5/12/2017
GrayPaulaIllinoisCook19782002Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense8/29/2011
HarrisLeeIllinoisCook19922023Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct4/8/2023
HarrisNicoleIllinoisCook20052013False Confession, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense6/17/2013
HarrisRodneyIllinoisCook20022013False Confession, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense4/11/2017
HendersonReginaldIllinoisCook19962021False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense10/12/2021
HernandezAlejandroIllinoisDuPage19851995DNAFalse Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
HesterLee ArthurIllinoisCook19612019False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct1/23/2020
HillHaroldIllinoisCook19942005DNAFalse Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
HobleyMadisonIllinoisCook19902003Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
HortonJohnIllinoisWinnebago19952017False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense10/9/2017
HowardStanleyIllinoisCook19872003False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
JacksonJeremyIllinoisCook20022022False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense7/26/2022
JakesAnthonyIllinoisCook19932018False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense5/16/2018
JohnsonCharlesIllinoisCook19982017Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct3/1/2017
JonesMelvinIllinoisCook19831989False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence5/18/2013
JonesRonaldIllinoisCook19891999DNAMistaken Witness ID, False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
KellyThomasIllinoisCook20012024False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct2/5/2024
KitchenRonaldIllinoisCook19902009False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
KittlerEricIllinoisCook19992002False Confession, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
KluppelbergJamesIllinoisCook19892012False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense5/31/2012
KwilRichardIllinoisCook20002023False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct4/24/2023
LewisJamarIllinoisCook20052017False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct11/28/2018
LinscottStevenIllinoisCook19821992DNAFalse Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
MartinezJohnIllinoisCook20012023False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct3/3/2023
MaxsonMarkIllinoisCook19942016DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct10/2/2016
MaysonetJoseIllinoisCook19952017False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense11/20/2017
McCoyTroshawnIllinoisCook19982017False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct3/1/2017
MitchellAnthonyIllinoisCook20062019DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense6/17/2020
MitchellKeithIllinoisCook19952017False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense6/11/2017
MuleroMarilynIllinoisCook19932022False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense8/22/2022
NanezFranciscoIllinoisCook19902022False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/8/2022
OchoaDaniel AlbertoIllinoisCook20052019False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct12/17/2021
OllinsCalvinIllinoisCook19882001DNAFalse Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
OrangeLeroyIllinoisCook19852003False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense8/29/2011
OrtizLuisIllinoisCook20002003False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
PatrickDeonIllinoisCook19952014False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense1/10/2014
PattersonAaronIllinoisCook19892003False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
PhillipsPaulIllinoisCook19952014False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense6/24/2014
PittmanMarcellousIllinoisCook20052022False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense10/26/2022
PrincePatrickIllinoisCook19942017False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense5/27/2017
ReedCarlIllinoisCook20052023DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense6/15/2023
ReynaTyroneIllinoisCook19942023Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense11/14/2023
RichardsonHaroldIllinoisCook19972012DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct1/27/2012
RiosJaimeIllinoisCook19902022False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct9/6/2022
Rivera JuanIllinoisLake19932012DNAMistaken Witness ID, False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct2/7/2012
RodriguezDanielIllinoisCook19932022False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct5/10/2022
RollinsLafonsoIllinoisCook19942004DNAMistaken Witness ID, False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense8/29/2011
SafforldVictorIllinoisCook19922010False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct2/11/2020
SanchezJesusIllinoisCook20142018False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct6/6/2018
SantiagoFabianIllinoisCook19942022Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct10/22/2023
SantosEdar DuarteIllinoisCook20022003False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
SaundersMichaelIllinoisCook19982012DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct1/27/2012
SavoryJohnnieIllinoisPeoria19772015DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense2/2/2015
SharpShainneIllinoisCook19942011DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct1/23/2012
SimonAlstoryIllinoisCook19992014False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation10/31/2014
SmithAlonzoIllinoisCook19842015Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct3/21/2017
SmithRobertIllinoisCook19902020False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct11/5/2020
SolacheGabrielIllinoisCook20002017False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense1/3/2018
StrongJasonIllinoisLake20002015False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct5/30/2015
Styles LarodIllinoisCook19982017Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct3/1/2017
SwiftTerrillIllinoisCook19982012DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation1/27/2012
TaylorDanielIllinoisCook19952013False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense6/28/2013
TaylorRobertIllinoisCook19972011DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct1/15/2012
ThamesVincentIllinoisCook19982012DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct1/27/2012
ThompsonFranklinIllinoisWill19972003False Confession8/29/2011
TillmanMichaelIllinoisCook19862010False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense8/29/2011
TinajeroJoseIllinoisCook20012024False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct2/5/2024
TylerSeanIllinoisCook19952021False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense10/12/2021
VarelaJoaquinIllinoisCook19821991Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession8/29/2011
VealRobertIllinoisCook19942011DNAFalse Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct1/15/2012
WalkerJamalIllinoisCook20162020False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct5/27/2021
WalkerKeithIllinoisCook19942020Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/26/2020
WalkerXavierIllinoisCook20042019False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense1/2/2020
WashingtonWayneIllinoisCook19962015False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct2/12/2015
WestonDemondIllinoisCook19922019Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct1/9/2020
WhirlShawnIllinoisCook19912015False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct10/22/2015
WilliamsBernardIllinoisCook19982023False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct10/2/2023
WilliamsCordellIllinoisCook19952022False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense12/20/2022
WilliamsEmmalineIllinoisCook19861995False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense7/3/2014
WilliamsHermanIllinoisLake19942022DNAFalse Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense9/26/2022
WilsonJackieIllinoisCook19832020False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct10/16/2020
WilsonRobertIllinoisCook19992006Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, Official Misconduct8/29/2011
WoidtkeRodneyIllinoisSt. Clair19892001False Confession, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense8/29/2011
WriceStanleyIllinoisCook19832013False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct12/12/2013
WrightDavidIllinoisCook19962023False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense4/20/2023
Young, Jr.DanIllinoisCook19942005DNAFalse Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct8/29/2011

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