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Wiley Bridgeman (1954-2021)
State: Ohio Convicted: 1975 Exonerated: 2014 Race: Black DNA used in exoneration? No Reasons for wrongful conviction: False...


Anthony Ray Hinton
State: Alabama Convicted: 1986 Exonerated: 2015 Race: Black DNA used in exoneration? No Reasons for wrongful conviction: Mistaken...


Shujaa Graham
State: California Convicted: 1976 Exonerated: 1981 Race: Black DNA used in exoneration? No Reasons for wrongful conviction: False...


Paul House (1962-2025)
State: Tennessee Convicted: 1986 Exonerated: 2009 Race: Caucasian DNA used in exoneration? Yes Reasons for wrongful conviction: False or misleading forensic evidence Paul's Wrongful Conviction Paul House served over 22 years on death row in Tennessee before DNA evidence of his innocence – and the intervention of the U.S. Supreme Court – led to his release. Paul House had recently moved back to his mother’s house in Tennessee when Carolyn Muncey disappeared from her ho


Ralph "Ron" Wright
State: Florida Convicted: August 2014 Exonerated: May 11, 2017 Race: Black DNA used in exoneration? No Reasons for wrongful...


Lawyer Johnson (1951-2022)
State: Massachusetts Convicted: 1972 Exonerated: 1982 Race: Black DNA used in exoneration? No Reasons for wrongful conviction:...


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Harold Wilson (1958-2019)
State: Pennsylvania Convicted: 1989 Exonerated: 2005 Race: Black DNA used in exoneration? Yes Reasons for wrongful conviction:...


Greg Wilhoit (1954-2014)
State: Oklahoma Convicted: 1987 Exonerated: 1993 Race: Caucasian DNA used in exoneration? no Reasons for wrongful conviction: False...
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