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Delbert Tibbs (1939-2013)
State: Florida Convicted: 1974 Exonerated: 1977 Race: Black DNA used in exoneration? No Reasons for wrongful conviction: Mistaken...


Dave Keaton (1952-2015)
State: Florida Convicted: 1971 Exonerated: 1973 Race: Black DNA used in exoneration? No Reasons for wrongful conviction: Police...


Joe D'Ambrosio
Convicted in: Ohio Convicted: 1989 Exonerated: 2012 Race: Caucasian DNA used in exoneration? No Reasons for wrongful conviction:...


Perry Cobb
State: Illinois Convicted: 1979 Exonerated: 1987 Race: Black DNA used in exoneration? No Reasons for wrongful conviction: False...


Glen E. Chapman
State: North Carolina Convicted: 1994 Exonerated: 2008 Race: Black DNA used in exoneration? No Reasons for wrongful conviction:...


Albert Burrell (1955-2025)
State: Louisiana Convicted: 1987 Exonerated: 2001 Race: Caucasian DNA used in exoneration? No Reasons for wrongful conviction: False accusation Prosecutorial misconduct Albert's Wrongful Conviction After spending 13 years on death row, Albert Burrell was released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola on January 3, 2001, shortly after the Louisiana Attorney General dismissed charges against him and his co-defendant, Michael Graham. They had been sentenced to de


Dan Bright (1969-2025)
State: Louisiana Convicted: 1996 Exonerated: 2004 Race: Black DNA used in exoneration? No Reasons for wrongful conviction: Mistaken identification Official misconduct Inadequate legal defense Dan's Wrongful Conviction Dan Bright was the victim of wrongfully convicted at age 26, resulting in nine years in prison, four of which were on death row, before his conviction was overturned. Dan was initially represented by a lawyer who did not investigate the case and was drunk


Michael Graham (1963-2024)
State: Louisiana Convicted: 1987 Exonerated: 2000 Race: Caucasian DNA used in exoneration? No Reasons for wrongful conviction: Perjury or fase accusation Prosecutorial misconduct Michael's Wrongful Conviction By the time Michael Graham was released from Louisiana’s death row at Angola in December 2000, he had spent half of his adult life – 14 years – behind bars. He was given a $10 check for transportation (bus fare cost $127 - his lawyer paid for it) and a state-iss


Gary Drinkard
State: Alabama Convicted: 1995 Exonerated: 2001 Race: Caucasian DNA used in exoneration? No Reasons for wrongful conviction: False...


Randal Padgett
State: Alabama Convicted: 1992 Exonerated: 1997 Race: Caucasian DNA used in exoneration? No Reasons for wrongful conviction: False...
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