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Newly Published Exonerations
On February 27, 2015, 28-year-old Edward Newhouse was stabbed to death during a fracas in the parking lot of the BFE Bar and Grill near Waynesboro, Georgia. Thirty-one-year-old Dustin Steen, who was…
On September 29, 1990, at about 4 a.m., 25-year-old Joseph Healy, an assistant football coach at Hofstra University, was fatally shot near the campus in an Arby’s parking lot. The evening…
At about 1 a.m. on August 29, 1993, Emmanuel Felix was shot to death on Amsterdam Avenue, between 135th Street and 136th Street in Manhattan, New York. Felix, who was 6 feet tall and 23 years old…
Shortly after 6:30 a.m. on September 29, 2001, the body of 50-year-old Lee Lundskog was found behind a 7-Eleven store in the Rose Park neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. A customer saw the body,…
On Sunday, December 17, 2017, 40-year-old Tyion Taylor was shot and killed while sitting behind the steering wheel of his vehicle on Highway 70 West in Stanton, Tennessee. Marquis Boyland told…
Just after 8 p.m. on January 1, 1993, 20-year-old Travis Hughston was shot outside a row house on North Bambrey Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Officers with the Philadelphia Police…
At 11:38 a.m. on October 17, 1998, Stephen Martinez called 911 in Denver, Colorado, to report that his girlfriend’s infant daughter was choking and aspirating blood. He said 4-month-old H.M. had been…
At about 10 p.m. on February 24, 1985, two men entered an apartment building at 50 East Philadelphia Street in Detroit, Michigan, where they confronted 45-year-old Roger Cottingham, who dealt drugs…
EVERY STORY COUNTS.
The Registry is a living archive of injustice. We collect, analyze, and publish comprehensive information on all known exonerations of criminal defendants in the United States.
We study the frequency and distribution of exonerations, and the causes, costs, and consequences of wrongful convictions. We make our data, research, and stories broadly accessible. Our goal is to be a resource for those who want to improve the criminal legal system and make it more accountable.
The Registry is a project of the Michigan State University College of Law, the Newkirk Center for Science & Society at the University of California—Irvine, and the University of Michigan Law School.
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Reports
In the Press
Cleveland.comOhio payments for wrongful convictions have increased. Here's why. (1/24/2026)
Chicago TribuneStill Imprisoned in his mind (1/4/2026)
NBC NewsExperts who backed 'shaken baby' science now fight to free imprisoned caregivers (12/24/2025)