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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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AzizMuhammad26BlackNYNew YorkCIU, H, IOPR, OF, WHMurderLife19662021MWIDOM
CountsGregory19BlackNYNew YorkCIU, IO, NC, SASexual Assault16 to 48 years19922018DNAP/FA
GardineDave Anthony20BlackNYNew YorkCIU, H, IOPR, WHMurder18 1/2 to life19962023P/FAOM
IannaconeDominic30WhiteNYNew YorkCIU, NCRobbery7 years and 6 months20152018P/FA
IslamKhalil30BlackNYNew YorkCIU, H, IO, PHPR, OF, WHMurderLife19662021MWIDOM
JonesClifford26BlackNYNew YorkCIU, H, SAMurder18 to life19812016DNAMWID
LopezSteven15HispanicNYNew YorkCDC, CIU, JV, POF, NW, INTRobbery1 1/2 years to 4 1/2 years19912022DNAFCP/FAF/MFEOM
NnodimeleMartin47BlackNYNew YorkCIURobbery10 years20082012MWIDILD
O'NealJohnnie25BlackNYNew YorkCIU, SAPR, WHSexual Assault10 to 20 years19852013MWIDP/FAOM
PerryVanDyke21BlackNYNew YorkCIU, IO, NC, SASexual Assault7 to 14 years19922018DNAP/FA
RuizRafael24HispanicNYNew YorkCIU, IO, SAOF, WH, NW, WTSexual Assault8 1/3 to 25 years19852020DNAMWIDOM
SaritaDanny25HispanicNYNew YorkCIUPR, WHAssault4 years20092012P/FAOM
SmokesEric19BlackNYNew YorkCIU, HPR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WTMurder25 to Life19872024P/FAOM
VasquezMichael40HispanicNYNew YorkCIURobbery20 to life19972012P/FA
VelazquezJon-Adrian22HispanicNYNew YorkCIU, HOF, WH, NW, WTMurder25 to life20002024DNAMWIDP/FAOMILD
WalkerJabar22BlackNYNew YorkCIU, H, IOPR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT, PLMurder50 to Life19982023MWIDP/FAOMILD
WarrenDavid16BlackNYNew YorkCIU, H, JVPR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WTMurder15 to Life19872024P/FAOM