The Death Penalty Information Center is pleased to announce that our List of Those Exonerated from Death Row (1973-Present) is now avail­able in a search­able, data­base for­mat through our new Innocence Database. This resource allows users to search through the list of those freed from death row after their con­vic­tions were dis­missed by name, year of exon­er­a­tion, state from which they were released, the inmate’s race, and whether DNA evi­dence fac­tored into their release. Lists of cas­es can also be sort­ed by each cat­e­go­ry. The data­base includes cas­es such as that of Kirk Bloodsworth (pic­tured), who was exon­er­at­ed in Maryland in 1993 after being sen­tenced to death in 1984. He was the first death row inmate to be exon­er­at­ed through DNA evi­dence. To read the con­di­tions for a case to be includ­ed in this list, click DPIC’s cri­te­ria. Please con­tact us with any com­ments or ques­tions regard­ing this new resource.

(DPIC, November 17, 2011). For links to some of DPIC’s oth­er resources see our Special Resources page. Our Execution Database, State Information Database, and indi­vid­ual State Pages are avail­able from tabs at the top of each web page. See also Innocence.

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