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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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AllenDante16BlackOHHamiltonJVKidnappingNot sentenced20052005MWID
BradfordMarcellius17BlackILCookCDC, JV, P, SAOF, FA, NW, INTKidnapping12 years19882001DNAFCP/FAF/MFEOM
ConnorReginald23BlackNYKingsCV, SAPR, WHKidnapping12 1/2 to 25 years19932015DNAP/FAOMILD
EngelGary33WhiteMOClayJIPR, OF, WH, NW, WT, PJKidnapping90 years19912010P/FAOM
FaulknerKenneth39WhiteCAKernCV, NC, SAKidnapping30 to Life20002003P/FA
HillDartangnan25BlackOHFranklinCVKidnapping24 years20012005MWIDILD
JaggarJesse39WhiteWIPortageNCKidnappingNot sentenced20192023P/FA
MasseyShawn Giovanni25BlackNCMecklenburgCV, IO, SAOF, WHKidnapping11 1/2 to 15 1/4 years19992010MWIDOM
Matta BallesterosJuan40HispanicF-CA(Central)FEDPR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WTKidnappingLife without parole19902018P/FAF/MFEOM
RobertsRodney29BlackNJEssexCV, P, SAKidnapping7 years19962014DNAMWID
RodriguesShaun20OtherHIHawaiiKidnapping20 years20022014MWID
Rome, Sr.Anthony47WhiteSDMinnehahaCV, NCKidnappingProbation19871990
SmithRalph24BlackOHFairfieldCVPR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT, PJKidnapping67 years20002021MWIDP/FAOM
SonnierErnest22BlackTXHarrisIO, SAKidnappingLife19862018DNAMWIDF/MFE
ThompsonLuqris19BlackNVClarkKidnapping9 to 23 years20072012MWIDILD
VazDavid27BlackVTOrleansCDCPR, WHKidnappingNot sentenced20222023P/FAOM
WagstaffeEverton23BlackNYKingsCV, SAPR, WHKidnapping12 1/2 to 25 years19932015DNAP/FAOMILD
WallerPatrick22BlackTXDallasCIU, IO, SAKidnappingLife19922008DNAMWIDF/MFEILD
WaltersEarl17BlackNYQueensCIU, IO, JV, SAOF, NW, WT, PJKidnapping17 1/2 to 4019942023MWIDFCP/FAOMILD
WeinerMark52WhiteVAAlbemarleNC, SAPR, WH, NW, KP, WTKidnapping8 years20132015P/FAOMILD
WhiteheadArtis38BlackTNShelbyIOPR, OF, WH, NW, WTKidnapping249 years20032024MWIDP/FAOMILD