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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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AlgarinAlbert21HispanicNYBronxCSH, CV, NC, SAOF, CW, WH, NW, WTChild Sex Abuse25 to 50 years19851990P/FAF/MFEOM
Baba-AliAmine31OtherNYQueensCV, NC, SAChild Sex Abuse8 1/3 to 25 years19891992P/FAF/MFEILD
BeauchampFranklin27HispanicNYBronxCSH, CV, NC, SAOF, CW, WH, NW, WTChild Sex Abuse25 to 75 years19861989P/FAF/MFEOM
EzeLouis31BlackNYErieCV, NC, SAChild Sex Abuse35 2/3 to life19932007P/FAF/MFEILD
GerstenBen48WhiteNYNassauCV, NC, SAChild Sex Abuse37 1/2 to 75 years19992006P/FAF/MFEILD
GradyNathaniel43BlackNYBronxCSH, CV, NC, SAPR, OF, NW, WTChild Sex Abuse45 years19861997F/MFEOM
GuceTeobaldo42AsianNYQueensCV, NC, SAChild Sex Abuse3 to 9 years19871992P/FAF/MFE
HoehmannJoseph35WhiteNYRocklandCV, NC, SAChild Sex Abuse1 year19961998P/FA
KnuppRichard40WhiteNYOntarioCV, NC, SAChild Sex Abuse13 to 39 years19891992P/FAF/MFEILD
LindstadtGeorge42WhiteNYSuffolkCV, NC, SAChild Sex Abuse12 1/2 to 25 years19892001P/FAF/MFEILD
OkongwuDominic41BlackNYErieCV, NC, SAChild Sex Abuse50 years19932011P/FAF/MFEILD
PavelKenneth41WhiteNYOnondagaCV, NC, SAChild Sex Abuse8 to 24 years19892001P/FAF/MFEILD
RamosAlberto21HispanicNYBronxCSH, CV, NC, SAPR, WHChild Sex Abuse8 1/3 to 25 years19851994P/FAF/MFEOM
ThomasDonnell22BlackNYSuffolkCV, NC, SAChild Sex Abuse17 years20072011P/FA
TorresJesus29HispanicNYBronxCSH, CV, NC, SAOF, CW, WH, NW, WTChild Sex Abuse25 to 40 years19861990P/FAF/MFEOM
TuckettAli36BlackNYMonroeCV, NC, SAChild Sex Abuse18 years20112016P/FA
WerkheiserJulie31WhiteNYTiogaCV, F, NC, SAChild Sex Abuse11 to Life20152024P/FAF/MFEILD
WoolsonSkippy34WhiteNYOswegoCV, NC, SAChild Sex Abuse13 years20132016P/FAF/MFEILD
WosuJoy33BlackNYErieCV, F, NC, SAChild Sex Abuse25 years19932009P/FAF/MFEILD