Conviction review
Convictions that were overturned, and innocence claims courts are ruling on this week. Read what the evidence was and where it broke.
Lonnie Erby
On Aug. 25, 2003, Lonnie Erby became the 136th person in the United States to be exonerated by post-conviction DNA testing.
2005 · GeorgiaExonerated 2005Robert Clark
In 1982, Robert Clark was wrongly convicted of rape, kidnapping, and armed robbery he did not commit in Georgia.
2001 · MassachusettsExonerated 2001Ulysses Rodriguez Charles
In 2001, Ulysses Rodriguez Charles was exonerated of a sexual assault and robbery he did not commit in Boston, Massachusetts.
2008 · IllinoisExonerated 2008Dean Cage
Dean Cage served nearly 12 years in an Illinois prison before he was released and exonerated as a result of DNA testing.
1997 · TexasExonerated 1997Kevin Byrd
In 1985, Kevin Byrd was wrongly convicted of a rape he did not commit based on eyewitness misidentification and misapplied forensic science.
2019 · New YorkExonerated 2019Huwe Burton
On Jan. 24, 2019, Innocence Project client Huwe Burton was exonerated of the 1989 murder of his mother after spending 19 years in prison.
2014 · LouisianaExonerated 2014Nathan Brown
Nathan Brown was exonerated on June 25th, 2014 after serving nearly 17 years for an attempted rape that he did not commit.
2008 · MississippiExonerated 2008Levon Brooks
Levon Brooks served 16 years in Mississippi prisons for a 1990 rape and murder of a three-year-old girl he didn't commit.
2002 · MontanaExonerated 2002Jimmy Ray Bromgard
On October 1, 2002, Jimmy Ray Bromgard became the 111th person in the United States to be exonerated by post-conviction DNA testing.
2008 · MississippiExonerated 2008Kennedy Brewer
In 1995, Kennedy Brewer was wrongly convicted of the murder of his girlfriend's three-year-old daughter in Mississippi.
2022 · TexasExonerated 2022Mallory Nicholson
On June 2, 2022, Mallory Nicholson was exonerated nearly 40 years after he was wrongfully convicted of sexually assaulting two boys in Dallas.
2014 · TennesseeExonerated 2014Randall Mills
In 2000, Randall Mills was wrongly convicted of crimes he did not commit in Tennessee. He was later exonerated in 2014.
2014 · TexasExonerated 2014Anthony Massingill
In 1980, Anthony Massingill was wrongly convicted of a crime he did not commit in Texas. He was later exonerated in 2014.
2023 · OklahomaExonerated 2023Perry Lott
In 2023, Perry Lott was exonerated by DNA testing of the sexual assault of a woman in 1987 in Ada, Oklahoma. He had served more than 30 years in prison.
2023 · TexasExonerated 2023Rosa Jimenez
In 2023, Rosa Jimenez was exonerated of the 2003 murder of a 21-month-old child, who died by accident in Texas after he choked on paper towels.
2021 · GeorgiaExonerated 2021Ronald Jacobsen
In 1990, Ronald Jacobsen was wrongly convicted of a kidnapping and assault that he did not commit in Georgia. He served 30 years before he was exonerated in 2021.
2022 · ConnecticutExonerated 2022Leroy Harris
In 2022, more than 33 years after Leroy Harris was convicted of sexual assault and robbery in New Haven, Connecticut, he was granted an absolute pardon.
2009 · New YorkExonerated 2009Steven Barnes
Steven Barnes was wrongfully convicted in upstate New York based on questionable eyewitness identifications and unvalidated forensic science.
1992 · IndianaExonerated 2017William Barnhouse
In 2017, William Barnhouse, who was wrongly convicted of sexual assault, became the 350th person exonerated through DNA testing.
2011 · IllinoisExonerated 2011Jonathan Barr
In 1997, Jonathan Barr was wrongly convicted of a rape and murder he did not commit. He served 14 years in prison before being exonerated.
2018 · WisconsinExonerated 2018Richard Beranek
Richard Beranek was wrongly convicted of a sexual assault based on eyewitness misidentification, official misconduct, and misapplied forensic evidence.
2003 · LouisianaExonerated 2003Gene Bibbins
In March 2003, Gene Bibbins became the 125th person in the United States to be exonerated by post-conviction DNA testing.
2009 · WisconsinExonerated 2009Ralph Armstrong
Ralph Armstrong served more than 28 years in Wisconsin prisons for murder before a judge overturned his conviction in 2009.
1996 · IllinoisExonerated 1996Kenneth Adams
In 1978, Kenneth Adams, along with three other men, was wrongly convicted of a rape and double homicide in Ford Heights, Illinois. He was exonerated in July 1996.