List of exonerated death row inmates

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

This list includes individuals who were sentenced to death and had their sentences 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;
  4. People who were jailed by extralegal groups or courts, for example as often occurs in cases of sentences of stoning.

List by country

Japan

1980–1989

1983

Taiwan

2012

United Kingdom

1966

1968

1969

1973

United States

In October 2015, the Death Penalty Information Center said that there had been 156 exonerations of prisoners on death row in the United States since 1973.[11]

1970–1979

1977

1980–1989

1987

1989

1990–1999

1993

1995

1996

1999

2000–2009

2000

2002

2003

2004

2008

2009

2010–2015

2010

2011

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2012

2013

2014

2015

Canada

See also

References

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  7. Court of Appeal judgment [1998] EWCA Crim 2516 (30 July 1998)
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  9. "MURDER (ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY) ACT 1965". Hansard, 18 December 1969.
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  32. Pennsylvania v. Yarris, No 690-OF1982, Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County, September 3, 2003. Order vacating conviction.
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  47. "INNOCENCE: Ohio's "Substantial Inequitable Conduct" Leads to Nation's 140th Death Row Exoneration". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  48. Rogers, Brian (October 27, 2010). "Texas sets man free from death row". Houston Chronicle.
  49. "Recently Cleared Tennessee Inmate Added to List of Exonerations". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  50. Blackmon, Douglas A. (September 28, 2012). "Louisiana death-row inmate Damon Thibodeaux exonerated with DNA evidence". The Washington Post.
  51. "Former death row inmate acquitted; released from jail". Local 10.com. Miami. December 22, 2012.
  52. "INNOCENCE: Another Exoneration from Death Row--Reginald Griffin of Missouri". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  53. Bever, Lindsey (March 12, 2014). "After nearly 30 years on death row, Glenn Ford is exonerated — and free". The Washington Post.
  54. "State Supreme Court throws out death row inmate's conviction for 1987 killing". Tampa Bay Times. June 13, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  55. "Half-brothers to go free after convictions overturned in 1983 murder". WRAL. September 2, 2014.
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