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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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CarterEdward19BlackMIWayneSASexual AssaultLife19752010MWIDF/MFEILD
CristiniMichael26WhiteMIMacombBM, SAFA, WH, NW, WTSexual Assault44 to 60 years19912004P/FAF/MFEOM
CurryMartiece21BlackMIWayneSASexual Assault10 to 40 years19901995DNAMWIDILD
DavisDonya28BlackMIWayneIO, SASexual Assault22 years20072014DNAMWIDP/FA
DickersonJames39BlackMIWayneSASexual Assault2 to 15 years19921998DNAMWIDILD
DyerAnthony24BlackMIWayneCV, P, SASexual Assault7 1/2 to 15 years19912017DNAMWID
GrissomJames43WhiteMISt. ClairNC, SASexual Assault15 to 35 years20032012P/FA
HatchettNathaniel17BlackMIMacombIO, SAPR, OF, WH, NW, PJ, PLSexual Assault25 to 40 years19982008DNAMWIDFCP/FAF/MFEOM
LeeWilliam17BlackMIWayneJV, NC, SAPR, WH, NW, PLSexual Assault15 to 30 years20072010DNAP/FAOM
MoldowanJeffrey20WhiteMIMacombBM, SAFA, WH, NW, WTSexual Assault60 to 90 years19912003P/FAF/MFEOM
PalazzoloJohn48WhiteMIWayneNC, SASexual Assault6 to 15 years20062012P/FAILD
Perry, Jr.Charles29WhiteMIOaklandNC, SAPR, OF, WH, NW, WT, PLSexual Assault20 to 40 years19901996P/FAOMILD
SawyerThomas49WhiteMIHillsdaleJI, SAPR, WH, NW, PLSexual Assault22 to 32 years19922003MWIDP/FAOM
SwiftWalter21BlackMIWayneIO, SAPR, OF, WHSexual Assault30 to 55 years19822008MWIDF/MFEOMILD
WyniemkoKenneth42WhiteMIMacombIO, JI, SAPR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WTSexual Assault40 to 60 years19942003DNAMWIDP/FAOM