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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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AllenRyan30WhiteWAThurstonNCWeapon Possession or Sale2 years and 6 months20082012ILD
AndersonJames S.26BlackWAPierceIORobbery17 years20052009P/FAILD
Apolo-AlbinoEzequiel55HispanicWAKingCV, NC, SAChild Sex Abuse6 3/4 to Life20092016P/FAILD
ChristophDayna16WhiteWASpokaneCV, F, IO, JV, NC, P, SAOF, NW, INTChild Sex Abuse21 to 28 weeks19952000FCOMILD
ChurchOllie44WhiteWAGrays HarborNCSex Offender Registration3 years and 7 months20112012ILD
CunninghamHenry46WhiteWAChelanCSH, CV, IO, NC, P, SAOF, NW, WT, INTChild Sex Abuse47 years19941999FCP/FAOMILD
GassmanTyler W.21WhiteWASpokaneCDC, IORobbery26 years20092013P/FAILD
HarrisBenjamin37BlackWAPierceHMurderDeath19841997FCILD
JacksonJohn59BlackWAGrantPR, OF, WH, NW, PJDrug Possession or Sale6 years and 4 months19962001P/FAOMILD
LarsonRobert E.27WhiteWASpokaneCDC, IORobbery20 years20092013P/FAILD
McAllisterPatrick46WhiteWAJeffersonNC, SAPR, OF, WHSexual Assault20 years and 10 months20122018P/FAF/MFEOMILD
ParksDeron41BlackWAClarkCV, NC, SAChild Sex AbuseLife20102019P/FAILD
ReichertJoseph20WhiteWAKingRobberyNot sentenced20012003MWIDILD
RodriguezManual Hidalgo36HispanicWAChelanCSH, CV, NC, IO, SAOF, CW, NW, WTChild Sex Abuse5 years and 6 months19952000P/FAF/MFEOMILD
StatlerPaul E.21WhiteWASpokaneCDC, IORobbery42 years20092013P/FAILD
Taylor IIIHomer51WhiteWAGrays HarborNCSex Offender Registration3 years and 7 months20102011ILD
WheelerMichael51WhiteWAThurstonNC, PSex Offender Registration20 days20002015ILD
WheelerMichael61WhiteWAPierceNC, PSex Offender Registration1 year and 5 months20112013ILD