List of exonerated death row inmates

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This list contains names of people who were found guilty of capital crimes and placed on death row who were later found to be wrongly convicted. Some people were exonerated posthumously.

This list is based on information from the Death Penalty Information Center which includes individuals who were sentenced to death and had their sentenced overturned by acquittal or pardon.[1] The state listed is the state where the individual was convicted, the year listed is the year of release and the case listed is the case that overturned their conviction.

This list does not include

  1. posthumous pardons for individuals executed before 1950
  2. inmates who were given life sentences when their country, province or state abolished the death penalty
  3. people who were threatened with death and never jailed, such as Salman Rushdie
  4. people who were jailed by extralegal groups or courts, for example as often occurs in cases of sentences of stoning.

Contents

[edit] List by country

[edit] Iraq

[edit] 2000-2007

2002

  • All prisoners including inmates sentenced to death (Pardoned by Saddam Hussein) [1]

[edit] Japan

[edit] 1980-1989

1983

1984

  • Taniguchi Shigeyoshi
  • Saito Yukio

1989

  • Akahori Masao

[edit] Nigeria

[edit] 2000-2007

2002

  • Safiyatu Husseini Tunga-Tuda (Convicted 2001)

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] 2000-2007

  • Zahid Mahmood Akhtar

2002

  • Arshad Javed (Sentenced 1992) [2]

2006

[edit] Russia

[edit] 1990-1999

1993

  • All death row inmates (Pardoned by Yeltsin). [3]

[edit] United Kingdom

1966

1998

  • Mahood Mattan (posthumous, executed)
  • Derek Bentley (posthumous, executed)

1999

[edit] United States

[edit] 1970-1979

1973

  • 1. David Keaton Florida (Keaton v. State, 273 So.2d 385 (1973)). Convicted 1971.

1974

  • 2. Samuel A. Poole North Carolina (State v. Poole, 203 S.E.2d 786 (N.C. 1974)). Convicted 1973.

1975

  • 3. Wilbert Lee Florida (Pitts v. State 247 So.2d 53 (Fla. 1971), overturned and released by pardon in 1975). Convicted 1963.
  • 4. Freddie Pitts Florida (Pitts v. State 247 So.2d 53 (Fla. 1971), overturned and released by pardon in 1975). Convicted 1965.
  • 5. James Creamer Georgia (Emmett v. Ricketts, 397 F. Supp 1025 (N.D. Ga. 1975)). Convicted 1973.
  • 6. Christopher Spicer North Carolina (State v. Spicer, 204 SE 2d 641 (1974)). Convicted 1973.

1976

  • 7. Thomas Gladish New Mexico. Convicted 1974.
  • 8. Richard Greer New Mexico. Convicted 1974.
  • 9. Ronald Keine New Mexico. Convicted 1974.
  • 10. Clarence Smith New Mexico. Convicted 1974.

1977

  • 11. Delbert Tibbs Florida. Convicted 1974.

1978

  • 12. Earl Charles Georgia. Convicted 1975.
  • 13. Jonathan Treadway Arizona. Convicted 1975.

1979

  • 14. Gary Beeman Ohio. Convicted 1976.

[edit] 1980-1989

1980

  • 15. Jerry Banks
  • 16. Larry Hicks

1981

  • 17. Charles Ray Giddens
  • 18. Michael Linder
  • 19. Johnny Ross
  • 20. Ernest (Shuhaa) Graham

1982

  • 21. Annibal Jaramillo
  • 22. Lawyer Johnson Massachusetts (Commonwealth v. Johnson, 429 N.E.2d 726 (1982)). Convicted 1971.

1985

  • 23. Larry Fisher

1986

  • 24. Anthony Brown
  • 25. Neil Ferber
  • 26. Clifford Henry Bowen

1987

  • 27. Joseph Green Brown
  • 28. Perry Cobb
  • 29. Darby (Williams) Tillis
  • 30. Vernon McManus
  • 31. Anthony Ray Peek
  • 32. Juan Ramos
  • 33. Robert Wallace

1988

  • 34. Richard Neal Jones
  • 35. Willie Brown
  • 36. Larry Troy

1989

  • 37. Randall Dale Adams Texas (Ex Parte Adams, 768 S.W.2d 281 (Tex. Crim App. 1989). Convicted 1977.
  • 38. Robert Cox
  • 39. Timothy Hennis (In 2006, the US Military filed capital charges for the same crime after previously unavailable DNA evidence became available. Because he was on death row under state law, there is no double jeopardy.)
  • 40. James Richardson

[edit] 1990-1999

1990

  • 41. Clarence Brandley Texas (Ex Parte Brandley, 781 S.W.2d 886 (Tex. Crim App. 1989). Convicted 1981.
  • 42. John C. Skelton
  • 43. Dale Johnston
  • 44. Jimmy Lee Mathers

1991

  • 45. Gary Nelson
  • 46. Bradley P. Scott
  • 47. Charles Smith

1992

  • 48. Jay C. Smith

1993

  • 49. Kirk Bloodsworth Maryland. Convicted 1984.
  • 50. Federico M. Macias
  • 51. Walter McMillan
  • 52. Gregory R. Wilhoit
  • 53. James Robison
  • 54. Muneer Deeb

1994

  • 55. Andrew Golden

1995

  • 56. Adolph Munson
  • 57. Robert Charles Cruz
  • 58. Rolando Cruz
  • 59. Alejandro Hernandez
  • 60. Sabrina Butler

1996

  • 61. Joseph Burrows
  • 62. Verneal Jimerson
  • 63. Dennis Williams
  • 64. Roberto Miranda
  • 65. Gary Gauger
  • 66. Troy Lee Jones
  • 67. Carl Lawson
  • 68. David Wayne Grannis

1997

  • 69. Ricardo Aldape Guerra
  • 70. Benjamin Harris
  • 71. Robert Hayes
  • 72. Christopher McCrimmon
  • 73. Randall Padgett
  • 74. James Bo Cochran

1998

  • 75. Robert Lee Miller, Jr.
  • 76. Curtis Kyles

1999

  • 77. Shareef Cousin Louisiana (Louisiana v. Cousin, 710 So. 2d 1065 (1998)). Convicted 1996.
  • 78. Anthony Porter Illinois. Convicted 1983.
  • 79. Steven Smith
  • 80. Ronald Williamson
  • 81. Ronald Jones
  • 82. Clarence Dexter, Jr.
  • 83. Warren Douglas Manning
  • 84. Alfred Rivera

[edit] 2000-2008

2000

  • 85. Steve Manning
  • 86. Eric Clemmons
  • 87. Joseph Nahume Green
  • 88. Earl Washington Virginia (Pardoned). Convicted 1994 (1984, without life sentence)
  • 89. William Nieves
  • 90. Frank Lee Smith (Died prior to Exoneration)
  • 91. Michael Graham
  • 92. Albert Burrell
  • 93. Oscar Lee Morris

2001

  • 94. Peter Limone
  • 95. Gary Drinkard
  • 96. Joachin Jose Martinez
  • 97. Jeremy Sheets
  • 98. Charles Fain

2002

  • 99. Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon Florida. Convicted 1984.
  • 100. Ray Krone Arizona (State v. Krone, 897 P.2d 621 (Ariz. 1995) (en banc)). Convicted 1992.
  • 101. Thomas Kimbell, Jr.
  • 102. Larry Osborne

2003

  • 103. Aaron Patterson (Now serving unrelated 30 year sentence in federal prison for firearms violations and drug trafficking.)
  • 104. Madison Hobley
  • 105. Leroy Orange
  • 106. Stanley Howard (Now serving 50 years for unrelated kidnapping and rape of two women and the rape of an elderly woman in her home.)
  • 107. Rudolph Holton
  • 108. Lemuel Prion
  • 109. Wesley Quick
  • 110. John Thompson
  • 111. Timothy Howard
  • 112. Gary Lamar James
  • 113. Joseph Amrine
  • 114. Nicholas Yarris Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania v. Yarris, No 690-OF1982, Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County, September 3, 2003. Order vacating conviction). Convicted 1982.

2004

  • 115. Alan Gell
  • 116. Gordon Steidl
  • 117. Laurence Adams
  • 118. Dan L. Bright
  • 119. Ryan Matthews
  • 120. Ernest Ray Willis

2005

  • 121. Derrick Jamison
  • 122. Harold Wilson

2006

  • 123. John Ballard
  • 124. Curtis McCarty

2008

  • 125. Michael McCormick
  • 126. Jonathon Hoffman
  • 127. Kennedy Brewer Mississippi. Convicted 1995.
  • 128. Glen Edward Chapman North Carolina. Convicted 1995.
  • 129. Levon "Bo" Jones [4] North Carolina. Convicted 1993.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Innocence: List of Those Freed From Death Row

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