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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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AgnewGregory28BlackILLakeNCRobbery30 years19882001FCP/FAILD
BargeryJoshua20WhiteTNLakeHPR, WH, NW, WTMurderLife without parole20152022FCP/FAF/MFEOM
CariniWilliam28WhiteILLakeCIU, SASexual Assault26 years19922017DNAMWID
DominguezAlejandro16HispanicILLakeJV, SAOF, WHSexual Assault9 years19902002DNAMWIDF/MFEOM
DonaldWillie23BlackINLakeH, IOPR, OF, WH, NW, WTMurder60 years19922016MWIDOM
EdwardsJames44BlackILLakeHOF, WH, NW, INT, PJMurderLife without parole19962012DNAFCP/FAOM
GlennRoosevelt27BlackINLakeIO, JI, SASexual Assault36 years19932017DNAMWIDP/FAF/MFE
GonzalezAngel20HispanicILLakeCIU, IO, SAOF, NW, INTSexual Assault55 years19952015DNAMWIDFCOM
HillJames17BlackINLakeJV, SAPR, OF, WHSexual Assault35 years19822009MWIDP/FAOM
HillJames17BlackINLakeH, JVPR, WHMurder47 years20182022DNAFCP/FAOM
Jones, Jr.Luther50BlackCALakeCV, NC, SAChild Sex Abuse27 years19982016P/FAF/MFE
LoftusBrendan23WhiteCALakeCV, NC, SAChild Sex Abuse5 years19972000P/FA
MayesLarry30BlackINLakeIO, SAPR, WHSexual Assault80 years19822001DNAMWIDOM
McCaughnPatrick25WhiteILLakeRobbery12 years19961999MWID
PinkinsDarryl37BlackINLakeIO, JI, SASexual Assault65 years19912016DNAMWIDP/FAF/MFE
PowellDavid39WhiteORLakeNCAssault5 years and 10 months20072020P/FAILD
Rivera Juan19HispanicILLakeCV, H, IO, JI, SAOF, NW, INTMurderLife19932012DNAMWIDFCP/FAF/MFEOM
StarksBennie26BlackILLakeBM, IO, SAFA, WH, NW, PJSexual Assault60 years19862013DNAP/FAF/MFEOM
StrongJason24WhiteILLakeCDC, CIU, H, IOOF, NW, INTMurder46 years20002015FCP/FAF/MFEOM
WilliamsHerman29WhiteILLakeH, IOPR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT, INT, PJ, PLMurderLife without parole19942022DNAFCP/FAF/MFEOMILD