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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: Witness 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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BakerKevin23BlackNJCamdenH, IOMurder60 to life19962020P/FAF/MFEILD
DorvalJean21BlackNJUnionCDC, HPR, OF, WH, NW, WTMurder60 years19962018MWIDP/FAOMILD
HalseyByron24BlackNJUnionCV, H, IO, SAOF, WH, NWMurderLife19882007DNAFCP/FAF/MFEOM
Harris IIIJames24BlackNJCamdenH, JIMurder75 years20152023P/FA
HillTaron18BlackNJCamdenCIU, H, JIMurder60 years20062021MWIDP/FAILD
KamienskiPaul35WhiteNJOceanHPR, WH, NW, KPMurderLife19882010P/FAOM
KelleyEric28BlackNJPassaicCDC, H, IOOF, WH, NW, WT, PJMurderLife19962018DNAFCP/FAOM
KnightCurtis35BlackNJEssexHPR, OF, WH, NW, WTMurder30 years19902001P/FAOM
LandanoVincent James36WhiteNJHudsonCDC, HPR, OF, WH, NW, WTMurderLife19771998P/FAOM
LeeRalph30BlackNJPassaicCDC, H, IOOF, WH, NW, WT, INTMurderLife19962018DNAMWIDFCP/FAOM
LouisJames20BlackNJUnionCDC, HPR, OF, WH, NW, WTMurder60 years19962020MWIDFCP/FAOM
MillerDion33BlackNJHudsonCIU, H, IOOF, WH, NW, INTMurder30 years20062023FCF/MFEOM
OrtizSandra30HispanicNJPassaicF, H, NCPR, NWMurderNot sentenced20012003OMILD
PetersonLarry36BlackNJBurlingtonH, IO, JI, SAMurderLife19892006DNAP/FAF/MFE
PierreDuquene22BlackNJUnionCDC, HPR, OF, WH, NW, WTMurder60 years19962016MWIDP/FAOMILD
PuskasTimothy38WhiteNJMiddlesexHPRMurder40 years20172024OM
RichardsonGerard28BlackNJSomersetBM, H, IOMurder30 years19952013DNAF/MFE
SimmonsLawrence19BlackNJPassaicCDC, HPR, NWMurderLife19772000P/FAOM
VegaDamaso37HispanicNJMonmouthCV, H, IOPR, OF, WH, NW, WTMurderLife19821989P/FAOM
WashingtonSean23BlackNJCamdenH, IOMurder60 to life19962020P/FAF/MFEILD
WaysAnthony19BlackNJCamdenHPR, OF, WH, NW, WTMurderLife19912005MWIDP/FAOM