Innocence Database

Instructions: This database can be searched using any combination of the search filters below. All columns are sortable by clicking the title at the top of the column. To find out more about a case in the list, click on the name of the individual.
Terms: # - Refers to the chronological order in which the defendants were exonerated. State - Place of capital conviction Years Between - The difference between the year of exoneration and the year of capital conviction Reason - Normally, when a conviction is overturned by an appellate court, the state has the option of re-trying the defendant. If the state does not seek a re-trial, charges are dismissed. If a re-trial occurs and the defendant is found not guilty, the case is listed as an acquittal. DNA evidence - refers to whether DNA evidence played a major role in exonerating ("yes") the defendant or not ("no"). |
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161 exoneration(s) match your current filters:
# | Name | State | Race | Convicted | Exonerated | Years Between | Reason |
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1 | David Keaton | FL | Black | 1971 | 1973 | 2 | Charges Dismissed | No |
2 | Samuel Poole | NC | Black | 1973 | 1974 | 1 | Charges Dismissed | No |
3 | Wilbert Lee | FL | Black | 1963 | 1975 | 12 | Pardoned | No |
4 | Freddie Pitts | FL | Black | 1963 | 1975 | 12 | Pardoned | No |
5 | James Creamer | GA | White | 1973 | 1975 | 2 | Charges Dismissed | No |
6 | Christopher Spicer | NC | Black | 1973 | 1975 | 2 | Acquitted | No |
7 | Thomas Gladish | NM | White | 1974 | 1976 | 2 | Charges Dismissed | No |
8 | Richard Greer | NM | White | 1974 | 1976 | 2 | Charges Dismissed | No |
9 | Ronald Keine | NM | White | 1974 | 1976 | 2 | Charges Dismissed | No |
10 | Clarence Smith | NM | White | 1974 | 1976 | 2 | Charges Dismissed | No |
11 | Delbert Tibbs | FL | Black | 1974 | 1977 | 3 | Charges Dismissed | No |
12 | Earl Charles | GA | Black | 1975 | 1978 | 3 | Charges Dismissed | No |
13 | Jonathan Treadway | AZ | White | 1975 | 1978 | 3 | Acquitted | No |
14 | Gary Beeman | OH | White | 1976 | 1979 | 3 | Acquitted | No |
15 | Jerry Banks | GA | Black | 1975 | 1980 | 5 | Charges Dismissed | No |
16 | Larry Hicks | IN | Black | 1978 | 1980 | 2 | Acquitted | No |
17 | Charles Giddens | OK | Black | 1978 | 1981 | 3 | Charges Dismissed | No |
18 | Michael Linder | SC | White | 1979 | 1981 | 2 | Acquitted | No |
19 | Johnny Ross | LA | Black | 1975 | 1981 | 6 | Charges Dismissed | No |
20 | Ernest Graham | CA | Black | 1976 | 1981 | 5 | Acquitted | No |
21 | Annibal Jaramillo | FL | Latino | 1981 | 1982 | 1 | Charges Dismissed | No |
22 | Lawyer Johnson | MA | Black | 1971 | 1982 | 11 | Charges Dismissed | No |
23 | Larry Fisher | MS | White | 1984 | 1985 | 1 | Acquitted | No |
24 | Anthony Brown | FL | Black | 1983 | 1986 | 3 | Acquitted | No |
25 | Neil Ferber | PA | White | 1982 | 1986 | 4 | Charges Dismissed | No |