List of exonerated death row inmates (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of exonerated death row inmates" in English language version.

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archive.org

Rubiner, Betsy (26 October 1982). "Back from the almost-dead: Izzy Zimmerman and the electric chair". The Boston Phoenix. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
Cohen, Stanley (2003). The Wrong Men: America's Epidemic of Wrongful Death Row Convictions. Carroll & Graf Publishers. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-7867-1258-8.

archive.today

"Former death row inmate acquitted; released from jail". Local 10.com. Miami. December 22, 2012.

arkansasonline.com

"Former Arkansas death row inmate freed after 16 years in custody; charges dropped in mutilation case". Arkansas Online. 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2021-02-21.

bailii.org

Mary Westlake v Criminal Cases Review Commission [2004] EWHC 2779 (Admin) (17 November 2004), High Court (England and Wales). It includes a segment from the Hansard transcript of Jenkins's decision to recommend a pardon in the House of Commons.
"Court of Appeal judgment [1998] EWCA Crim 2516 (30 July 1998)". Bailii.org. Retrieved 2017-06-28.

bbc.co.uk

news.bbc.co.uk

"Hanged man's pardon 'inadequate'". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 16 November 2004. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
"Open verdict on hanged man's son". BBC News. 22 October 2003.

bbc.com

"Rajasthan: An error that sent Indian teen to death row for 25 years". BBC. 2023-04-12. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

cbc.ca

"Canada's wrongful convictions". Canadian Broadcasting Company. 6 August 2009.

cbslocal.com

chicago.cbslocal.com

Blakley, Derrick (September 5, 2013). "City Poised To Pay Another Police-Torture Settlement". CBS 2 Chicago.

chicagotribune.com

[1].Chicago Tribune. November 13th, 2014

chron.com

Rogers, Brian (October 27, 2010). "Texas sets man free from death row". Houston Chronicle.

cleveland.com

"Michael Keenan freed, murder charge from 24 years ago dismissed by Cuyahoga County judge (Photo gallery)". June 16, 2021. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
"Ricky Jackson and Wiley Bridgeman: Exonerated friends leave prison after 39 years behind bars". cleveland.com. November 21, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.

cnn.com

Grinberg, Emanuella (May 14, 2009). " Exonerated death row inmate: 'Took 'em long enough'". CNN.

edition.cnn.com

For 42 years, two Florida men were imprisoned for murder. Now, they're free after the state tosses the case. CNN, March 29, 2019

columbusmonthly.com

Oliphint, Joel (20 September 2017). "Delayed Justice: The Dale Johnston case". Columbus Monthly. Retrieved 2023-02-09.

dallasnews.com

crimeblog.dallasnews.com

Jennings, Diane (August 23, 2013). "Texas Supreme Court denies admitted child rapist Michael Blair compensation for wrongful conviction in Ashley Estell murder" Archived 2016-01-27 at the Wayback Machine. The Dallas Morning News.

deathpenaltyinfo.org

"Innocence: List of Those Freed from Death Row". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
"Innocence Database".
"Michael Toney, Recently Exonerated from Death Row in Texas, Dies in Car Crash". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
"Recently Cleared Tennessee Inmate Added to List of Exonerations". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
"INNOCENCE: Another Exoneration from Death Row--Reginald Griffin of Missouri". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
"Alabama exonerates man who spent 30 years on death row for a crime he did not commit" (PDF). Death Penalty Information Center. April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
"Innocence Database". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
"Innocence Database". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

delawareonline.com

Jedra, Christina. "Former Delaware death row inmate: I was convicted of murder, exonerated, and wrongfully accused again". The News Journal. Retrieved 2021-02-21.

derkeiler.com

newsgroups.derkeiler.com

"Bones linked to jailed hit man". derkeiler.com. March 29, 2007

eji.org

"Walter McMillian". Equal Justice Initiative. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
"Nevada Court Orders Man's Release from Death Row Due to Prosecutorial Misconduct and Inadequate Defense". Equal Justice Initiative. September 19, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

europa.eu

(10 October 2016) International Day against Death penalty European Commission, Memo 06/390, Press release, Retrieved 22 March 2015

foxnews.com

"Former death row inmate now charged in wife's killing". Fox News. September 17, 2012

go.com

abclocal.go.com

"Judge won't declare ex-death row inmate innocent" Archived 2014-03-13 at the Wayback Machine. ABC 7 Chicago/Associated Press. March 5, 2014.

abcnews.go.com

Alfonseca, Kiara (September 20, 2023). "Man formerly on death row gets murder case dismissed after 48 years". ABC News. Retrieved 2023-12-21.

huffingtonpost.com

Merchant, Nomaan (November 13, 2012). "Michael Blair, Texas Man Who Admitted Rape, Wrongly Imprisoned For Murder, Seeks Compensation". The Huffington Post.
"Debra Milke, Who Spent 22 Years On Death Row, Has Murder Case Thrown Out". The Huffington Post. March 23, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.

indiatimes.com

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Mahapatra, Dhananjay (2019-03-06). "6 awarded death by SC in 2009, acquitted in 2019". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

innocenceproject.org

"Rolando Cruz". Innocence Project. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
"Alejandro Hernandez". Innocence Project. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
"Verneal Jimerson". Innocence Project. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
"Dennis Williams". Innocence Project. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
"Ronald Jones". Innocence Project. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
"Earl Washington". Innocence Project. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
"Frank Lee Smith". Innocence Project. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
"Charles Irvin Fain". Innocence Project. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
"Know the Cases: Browse Profiles: Ray Krone" Archived 2014-04-03 at the Library of Congress Web Archives. Innocence Project. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
"Today Ray Krone Celebrates 17 Years of Freedom". Innocence Project. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
"Ryan Matthews". Innocence Project. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
"Curtis McCarty". Innocence Project. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
"Kennedy Brewer". Innocence Project. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
"Robert Miller". Innocence Project. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

jacksonfreepress.com

Nave, R. L. (2015-04-22). "DA Dropping Charges Against Willie Jerome Manning in One Set of Murders". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved 2016-11-16.

japantimes.co.jp

McNeill, David; Mason, C.M. (August 4, 2007). "One who has lived to tell the tale" Archived 2019-12-31 at the Wayback Machine. The Japan Times.
Hirano, Keiji (November 6, 2014) "Freed death row prisoner brings new life to group fighting capital punishment". The Japan Times.

knoxnews.com

Satterfield, Jamie (May 12, 2009). "Prosecutor drops charges; House's family 'on Cloud Nine'" Archived 2014-02-28 at the Wayback Machine. knoxnews.com.

latimes.com

Tchekmedyian, Alene (2019-06-26). "Vicente Benavides spent 25 years on death row. Now he's suing over 'false evidence'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-02-21.

loc.gov

webarchive.loc.gov

"Know the Cases: Browse Profiles: Ray Krone" Archived 2014-04-03 at the Library of Congress Web Archives. Innocence Project. Retrieved March 13, 2014.

mainichi.jp

Furukawa, Yukina (January 19, 2019) "Former death row inmate expresses concerns about ex-boxer's retrial" Mainichi Shimbun.

medium.com

Shakespeare, Andrew-Paul (2019-01-23). "Timothy Evans: An Innocent Man Hanged for Murder he did not Commit". Medium. Retrieved 2022-02-15.

nbcnews.com

"He spent five years on death row. Now the charges have been dropped". NBC News. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 2021-02-21.

newsobserver.com

Linehan, Julie (September 3, 2013). "In justice system, back to business as usual" Archived 2014-03-13 at the Wayback Machine. The News & Observer.

nhk.or.jp

www3.nhk.or.jp

"Hakamada ruled not guilty". NHK WORLD-JAPAN. 26 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

northwestern.edu

law.northwestern.edu

Tibbs, Delbert Lee (2001). "Studs Terkel: Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Center on Wrongful Convictions". Northwestern University School of Law. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
"Exoneree, Center on Wrongful Convictions: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law". www.law.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
"Exoneree, Center on Wrongful Convictions: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law". www.law.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
"Exoneree, Center on Wrongful Convictions: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law". www.law.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
"Exoneree, Center on Wrongful Convictions: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law". www.law.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-15.

npr.org

Getting Off Death Row, NPR, March 26, 2007

nydailynews.com

Hastings, Deborah (2014-12-17). "Black teen executed in S.C. has conviction overturned". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2017-06-28.

nytimes.com

query.nytimes.com

Balleza, Maureen (October 8, 2004). "After 17 years on death row, Texas inmate walks free". The New York Times. Retrieved March 11, 2017.

nytimes.com

Jiménez, Jesus (2023-12-20). "Man Cleared of Murder After More Than 48 Years in Prison". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-21.

orlandosentinel.com

Williams, Michael (23 November 2018). "Exonerated from death row, freedom is a 'beautiful dream' for Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin". orlandosentinel.com. Retrieved 2021-02-21.

parliament.uk

api.parliament.uk

"MURDER (ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY)". Hansard, 16 December 1969.
"MURDER (ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY) ACT 1965". Hansard, 18 December 1969.

taipeitimes.com

"Cheng Hsing-tse freed from death row". Taipei Times. 4 May 2016.

tampabay.com

"State Supreme Court throws out death row inmate's conviction for 1987 killing". Tampa Bay Times. June 13, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
"Supreme Court vacates death sentence of Pasco man convicted in Land O'Lakes murder". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
"Supreme Court orders Ralph Wright Jr. to be acquitted of 2007 St. Pete killings". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2021-02-21.

theguardian.com

"Wrongly convicted Ohio man, 81, says death row was 'hell on earth'". The Guardian. 2015-03-11. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-02-09.

thewire.in

"Supreme Court Acquits Six People on Death Row Who Spent 16 Years in Jail". The Wire. 6 Mar 2019. Retrieved 2024-02-01.

tokyoweekender.com

Hernon, Matthew (11 December 2020). "The Life of Sakae Menda, the Man who Spent 34 Years in Prison for Crime He Didn't Commit". Tokyo Weekender. Archived from the original on 2022-05-27.

umich.edu

law.umich.edu

"Jesse Boorn".
"Stephen Boorn".
"Thomas Berdue".
"William Woods".
"Michael Sabol".
"George Rusnak".
"William Jackson Marion".
"Will Purvis".
"Michael J. Synon".
"Henry Miller".
"Samuel Greason".
"David Sherman".
"Andrew Toth".
"Stearns Kendall Abbott".
"J.B. Brown".
"John McElwrath".
"Herman Zajicek".
"Charles Stielow".
"Frank Jordano".
"John Pender".
"George Williams".
"Fred Dove".
"Frank Dove".
"Joseph Weaver".
"Gangi Cero".
"Richard Phillips".
"William Harper".
"Harry Cashin".
"Edward Larkman".
"Gus Langley".
"Eugene Williams".
"Willie Roberson".
"Ozie Powell".
"Olen Montgomery".
"Ayliff Draper".
"Tom Jones".
"Thomas J. Mooney".
"George Bilger".
"Walter Woodward".
"Jack Williamson".
"Charlie Davis".
"William Wellmon".
"Charles Bernstein".
"Sidney Rudish".
"Morris Malinski".
"Lemuel Parrott".
"Clyde Beale".
"Horace Wilson".
"James Thorpe".
"John McKenzie".
"McKinley Forrest".
"Silas Rogers".
"George Lettrich".
"Camilo Leyra".
"L.D. Harris".
"Aaron Turner".
"Harry Dale Bundy".
"James Fulton Foster".
Kennedy, Dolores. "Warren K. Billings". National Registry of Exonerations Pre 1989. University of Michigan Law School. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
"Robert Lee Kidd".
"Isidore Zimmerman".
"Theodore Jordan".
"Robert Ballard Bailey".
"James Giles".
"John Giles".
"Joseph Johnson".
"Paul Kern Imbler".
"Lloyd Eldon Miller".
"Dave Roby Keaton".
"Anthony Carey".
"Clarence Smith, Jr".
"Ronald Keine".
"Richard Greer".
"Thomas Gladish".
"Christopher Spicer".
"James Creamer".
"Clarence Norris".
"Delbert Tibbs".
"Earl Patrick Charles".
"Gary Radi".
"Gary Beeman".
"Jerry Banks".
"Larry Hicks".
"Michael Linder".
"Johnny Ross".
"Lawyer Johnson".
"Anthony Silah Brown".
"Neil Ferber".
"Clifford Henry Bowen".
"Joseph "Shabaka" Green Brown". National Registry of Exonerations, University of California-Irvine.
"Juan Ramos".
"Robert Wallace".
"Anthony Ray Peek".
"Larry Troy".
"James Joseph Richardson".
"Clarence Brandley".
"Dale Johnston".
"Gary Nelson".
"Charles Smith".
"Jay C. Smith".
Walter McMillian National Registry of Exonerations.
"Gregory Wilhoit".
"Kirk Bloodsworth".
"Muneer Deeb".
"Larry Hudson".
"Federico Macias".
"James Albert Robison".
"Andrew Golden".
"Robert Cruz".
"Sabrina Butler".
"Adolph Munson".
"Joseph Burrows".
"David Grannis".
"Troy Lee Jones".
"Carl Lawson".
"Roberto Miranda".
"Ricardo Aldape Guerra".
"Benjamin Harris".
"Christopher McCrimmon".
"Larry Randal Padgett".
"Curtis Kyles".
"Ronald Jones".
"Clarence Richard Dexter, Jr".
"Alfred Rivera".
"Steven Smith".
"Eric Clemmons".
"Hubert Geralds, Jr".
"Michael Graham".
"Joseph Green".
"Oscar Morris".
"William Nieves".
"Albert Burrell".
"Gary Drinkard".
"Louis Greco".
"Peter Limone".
"Joaquin Jose Martinez".
"Donald Paradis".
"Henry Tameleo".
"Thomas Kimbell".
"Andre Minnitt".
"Larry Osborne".
Gross, Alexandra (10 July 2014). "JOHN THOMPSON". The National Registry of Exonerations. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
"Joseph Amrine".
"Madison Hobley".
"Rudolph Holton".
"Stanley Howard".
"Timothy Howard".
"Gary Lamar James".
"Leroy Orange".
"Aaron Patterson".
"Lemuel Prion".
"Wesley Quick".
"Laurence Adams".
"Dan L. Bright".
"Patrick Croy".
"Gordon Steidl".
"Derrick Jamison".
"Harold C. Wilson".
"Jonathon Hoffman".
"Michael Lee McCormick".
Gross, Alexandra. "Michael Blair". National Registry of Exonerations. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
"Yancy Douglas".
"Paris Powell".
"Robert Springsteen".
"Joe D'Ambrosio".
"Kwame Ajamu".
"William Lee". National Registry of Exonerations. Michigan State University College of Law. 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
The National Registry of Exonerations Clifford Williams Jr.
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"Christopher Williams".
"Robert Duboise".
"Curtis Flowers".
"Kareem Johnson".
"Roderick Johnson".
"Walter Ogrod".
"Sherwood Brown".
"Eddie Lee Howard, Jr".
"Barry Williams".

wantchinatimes.com

"Hsichih Trio acquitted as 20-year murder case finally closed". Want Chinese Times. 31 August 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

washingtonpost.com

Blackmon, Douglas A. (September 28, 2012). "Louisiana death-row inmate Damon Thibodeaux exonerated with DNA evidence". The Washington Post.
Bever, Lindsey (March 12, 2014). "After nearly 30 years on death row, Glenn Ford is exonerated — and free". The Washington Post.
Balko, Radley (2015-06-10). "Texas death row inmate Alfred Dewayne Brown is released from prison". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-11-16.

web.archive.org

Mahapatra, Dhananjay (2019-03-06). "6 awarded death by SC in 2009, acquitted in 2019". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
Hernon, Matthew (11 December 2020). "The Life of Sakae Menda, the Man who Spent 34 Years in Prison for Crime He Didn't Commit". Tokyo Weekender. Archived from the original on 2022-05-27.
McNeill, David; Mason, C.M. (August 4, 2007). "One who has lived to tell the tale" Archived 2019-12-31 at the Wayback Machine. The Japan Times.
Linehan, Julie (September 3, 2013). "In justice system, back to business as usual" Archived 2014-03-13 at the Wayback Machine. The News & Observer.
Jennings, Diane (August 23, 2013). "Texas Supreme Court denies admitted child rapist Michael Blair compensation for wrongful conviction in Ashley Estell murder" Archived 2016-01-27 at the Wayback Machine. The Dallas Morning News.
"Judge won't declare ex-death row inmate innocent" Archived 2014-03-13 at the Wayback Machine. ABC 7 Chicago/Associated Press. March 5, 2014.
Satterfield, Jamie (May 12, 2009). "Prosecutor drops charges; House's family 'on Cloud Nine'" Archived 2014-02-28 at the Wayback Machine. knoxnews.com.

whnt.com

McClain, Clarissa; Galloway, Drew (June 17, 2013). "The Top Stories from the Past 50 Years". WHNT 19 News.

witnesstoinnocence.org

sanderson04 (2016-01-22). "Freddie Lee Pitts (1937-2020)". witnesstoinnocence. Retrieved 2022-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

worldcat.org

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Mahapatra, Dhananjay (2019-03-06). "6 awarded death by SC in 2009, acquitted in 2019". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
"Wrongly convicted Ohio man, 81, says death row was 'hell on earth'". The Guardian. 2015-03-11. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
Balko, Radley (2015-06-10). "Texas death row inmate Alfred Dewayne Brown is released from prison". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
Jiménez, Jesus (2023-12-20). "Man Cleared of Murder After More Than 48 Years in Prison". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-21.

wral.com

"Death Row Inmate Freed After 15 Years". WRAL-TV. April 2, 2008.
"Half-brothers to go free after convictions overturned in 1983 murder". WRAL. September 2, 2014.