This list contains names of people who were found guilty of capital crimes and placed on death row but later found to be wrongly convicted. Many of these exonerees' sentences were …

DPIC uses a num­ber of resources when adding cas­es to the above list, includ­ing court opin­ions, media cov­er­age, and con­ver­sa­tions with those direct­ly involved in the cas­es. The ear­li­er cas­es …

A Death Penalty Information Center database of every death-row exoneration since 1972. For every 8 people executed in the United States, one person wrongfully condemned to death has …

Significant media attention, public protest, and support from unlikely allies in the cases of Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams (MO), Robert Roberson (TX), and Richard Glossip (OK) …

102 DNA exonerations involved false confessions; the real perp was identified in 76 (75%) of these cases. These 38 real perps went on to commit 48 additional crimes for which they were …

Jul 2, 2024 · (Philadelphia, PA) — As of July 1, 2024, 200 prisoners in the U.S. have been exonerated and freed from death row since 1973. Even as the use of the death penalty has …

Death Penalty Cases. We represent a number of people on death row with strong claims of innocence, and, over the years, have helped free those facing execution for crimes they did …

Dec 29, 2024 · These numbers provide a snapshot of wrongful convictions remedied with the help of the Innocence Project. They are based on a data set of information drawn from the case …

Jan 21, 2025 · And on December 23, 2024, President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 most vile and sadistic rapists, child molesters, and murderers on Federal death row: …

Jul 25, 2024 · Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Furman v. Georgia (1972), which found that the death penalty constituted cruel and unusual punishment, 200 death-sentenced men and …