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Innocents Database

Browse the Innocents Database by LAST name
 
The database index is sorted by LAST names. Click on a person whose information page you want to go to.

Browse the Innocents Database by LOCATION of conviction

The database index is sorted by the LOCATION where a person was convicted. Click on a person whose information page you want to go to.

Browse the Innocents Database by YEAR of exoneration

The database index is sorted by the YEAR of a person's exoneration. Click on a person whose information page you want to go to.



5,840 Cases Currently Listed in the Innocents Database
(10-15-2015)

There are cases from 117 countries.

3,517 cases are from the United States

2,323 cases are from a country other than the U.S.

569 people were sentenced to death.

909 people were sentenced to life in prison.

1,995 people were convicted of a homicide related crime.

970 people were convicted of a sexual assault related crime.

209 people were posthumously exonerated by a court or a pardon

U.S. Cases
1989 - 2015

2,670 = Total
2,357 = Males
306 = Females
7 = Other (Businesses, etc.)

842 = Homicide cases
85 = Homicide & Sexual Assault cases
370 = Sexual Assault/Rape cases
163 = Child Sexual Assault/Sex Abuse cases
182 = Robbery/Theft/Burglary/Extortion cases
93 - Assault cases
311 = Drug cases
107 = Fraud/Forgery/Embezzelment/Bribery cases
15 = Child Abuse/Assault cases
149 = Violent Other cases
353 = Non-violent Other cases

U.S. cases
Before 1989

828 = Total
743 = Males
65 = Females
20 = Other (Businesses, etc.)

428 = Homicide cases
5 = Homicide & Sexual Assault cases
37 = Sexual Assault/Rape cases
1 = Child Sexual Assault/Sex Abuse cases
101 = Robbery/Theft/Burglary/Extortion cases
7 - Assault cases
14 = Drug cases
37 = Fraud/Forgery/Embezzelment/Bribery cases
0 = Child Abuse/Assault cases
43 = Violent Other cases
155 = Non-violent Other cases

Non-U.S. Cases
1989 - 2015

2,078 = Total
1,773 = Males
279 = Females
26 = Other (Businesses, etc.)

545 = Homicide cases
25 = Homicide & Sexual Assault cases
211 = Sexual Assault/Rape cases
56 = Child Sexual Assault/Sex Abuse cases
156 = Robbery/Theft/Burglary/Extortion cases
107 - Assault cases
100 = Drug cases
105 = Fraud/Forgery/Embezzelment/Bribery cases
6 = Child Abuse/Assault cases
234 = Violent Other cases
533 = Non-violent Other cases
Non-U.S. cases
Before 1989

217 = Total
138 = Males
14 = Females
65 = Other (Businesses, etc.)

52 = Homicide cases
1 = Homicide & Sexual Assault cases
3 = Sexual Assault/Rape cases
1 = Child Sexual Assault/Sex Abuse cases
45 = Robbery/Theft/Burglary/Extortion cases
13 = Assault cases
4 = Drug cases
7 = Fraud/Forgery/Embezzelment/Bribery cases
0 = Child Abuse/Assault cases
54 = Violent Other cases
37 = Non-violent Other cases


The Innocents Database includes persons whose presumption of innocence was restored after their conviction was overturned on direct appeal or post-conviction appeal and they were not retried, persons acquitted after a retrial, and persons granted an executive or legislative pardon based on evidence of their innocence. The sources of information include official court reports, books, and newspaper and magazine articles. Each person's record in the database includes one or more sources for the information about the person's case. For a detailed explanation of the cases included in the Innocents Database see the article "An Exoneration Can Be Judicial Or By Executive Or Legislative Clemency," online at, http://justicedenied.org/wordpress/archives/2811 .

If you have a question, suggestion, or correction, email innocents@forejustice.org


Hans Sherrer, whose website is forejustice.org, created the Innocents Database in 1997 and continues to maintain it. The database is linked to Justice Denied's website as a courtesy to supplement Justice Denied's activities on behalf of the wrongly convicted world-wide.
Copyright © 1997-2015 Hans Sherrer