Bill Wilson was convicted of the 1912 murder of his wife and child. He was exonerated in 1918 when they were both found living in Indiana.
The Choctaw Three were convicted of the 1999 murder of a non-existent baby.
The Scottsboro Boys were nine black juveniles convicted of an alleged 1931 rape of a white girl. Some were exonerated, but all convictions are disputed.
Butler and Yelder were convicted of the alleged 1928 murder of Butler's niece. They were exonerated in the same year when the niece was found living less than 20 miles away.
John Louis Evans was executed in 1983 for the 1977 murder of a Mobile pawn shop owner.
Patrick Swiney was convicted of the 1987 murder of his wife and her ex-husband. The conviction is disputed.
James Hubbard was executed in 2004 for the 1977 Tuscaloosa murder of his wife.
Ray Krone was sentenced to death for the 1991 murder of a bar manager. Bite marks found on the victim were said to match Krone's teeth. DNA tests exonerated Krone in 2001.
Louis Taylor was convicted of the arson murder of 28 people who died in a 1970 Tucson hotel fire. The conviction is disputed.
The West Memphis Three were convicted of murdering of murdering three eight-year-old boys. The convictions are disputed.
Charles Hudspeth was convicted of the 1887 murder of his lover's missing husband. Hudspeth was hanged in 1892, but the husband was found alive, living in Kansas in 1893.
Ronald Gene Simmons was convicted in the 1987 shooting murders of 14 relatives and 2 other people in a rampage that began in Dover and ended in Russellville. Simmons was executed in 1990.
Barry Lee Fairchild was convicted of the 1983 rape and murder of a 22-year-old nurse. He was executed in 1995. The conviction is disputed.
Huey Newton was convicted of the 1967 manslaughter of an Oakland Patrolman. His conviction was overturned in 1970.
Harvey Murray Glatman was convicted of the 1957-58 rape and murder of three models. He was executed in 1959.
Geronimo Pratt, a Black Panther leader, was convicted in 1972 of the 1968 murder of a white school teacher. He was exonerated in 1997.
Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of the 1989 shooting deaths of their wealthy parents. The crime occurred at the parents' Beverly Hills mansion.
Randy Steven Kraft was convicted of killing 16 men between 1970 and 1983. He is strongly suspected of killing 51 others.
Robert Diaz, a male nurse, was sentenced to death for the 1981 murders of 12 hospital patients. They were all allegedly injected with a fatal dose of lidocaine. Diaz' conviction is disputed.
Rivera and Walpole were convicted in 1973 of the 1965 murder of their three-year-old daughter. Shortly after their convictions, their daughter was located alive.
Scott Peterson was convicted of the 2002 murder of his wife and unborn son. The conviction is disputed.
Juan Vallejo Corona was convicted of the 1971 machete murders of 25 farm workers. The victims were killed separately, on average one every 40 hours over over a six week period.
Alferd Packer was convicted of the 1874 manslaughter of five men. His conviction is disputed.
Mark Kirk was convicted of the 1996 alleged arson murders of three people. The conviction is disputed.
Jesse Tafero was convicted of the 1976 murder of a highway patrolman and a visiting Canadian constable. He was executed in 1990. His conviction is disputed.
Joseph Shea was convicted of the 1959 murder of an airline clerk. He was retried and acquitted in 1966.
James Richardson was convicted of the 1967 poisoning murder of seven of his children. He was exonerated in 1989.
Leo Jones was convicted of the 1981 murder of a police officer. He was executed in 1998. The conviction is disputed.
Wilbert Lee and Freddie Pitts were sentenced to death for the 1963 robbery and murder of two Port St. Joe gas station attendants. The were released and pardoned in 1975.
The Groveland Three were blacks convicted in 1949 of the rape of a white woman. Their convictions are disputed.
The Quincy Five were accused of murdering a sheriff's deputy. Two were convicted before evidence emerged that exonerated all five.
Pedro Medina was executed in 1997 for the 1982 murder of an Orlando teacher.
Douglas Echols was convicted of a 1986 kidnapping, rape, and robbery. DNA tests exonerated him in 2004.
The Marietta Seven were convicted of the 1971 murder of two physicians in Marietta. The seven were exonerated in 1975.
Clarence Harrison was convicted of the 1986 kidnapping, robbery, and rape of a 25-year-old woman in Decatur. DNA tests exonerated him in 2004.
Leo Frank was convicted of the 1913 murder of a 13-year-old female employee in Atlanta. He was lynched in 1915, and posthumously pardoned in 1986.
Majczek and Marcinkiewicz were convicted of the 1932 murder of a Chicago police officer. They were exonerated in 1945 and 1950.
William Heirens was convicted of three murders that occurred in 1945 and 1946. The convictions are disputed.
Gary Dotson was convicted of a 1977 rape after he was identified by the victim. The victim recanted in 1985 and DNA tests cleared him in 1989.
John Wayne Gacy was executed in 1994 for the 1972-1978 rape and murder of 33 boys and men. Twenty-seven of the victims were found buried beneath the crawl space of his Norwood Park house.
The Ford Heights Four were convicted of the 1978 murder of an engaged couple. DNA tests exonerated them in 1996.
Kenneth Allen was convicted of the 1979 murders of two Chicago police officers.
Anthony Porter was sentenced to death for the 1982 murder of an engaged couple. He was exonerated in 1989.
David Dowaliby was convicted of the 1988 murder of his stepdaughter. His conviction was reversed in 1991 on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
Julie Rea was convicted of the 1997 murder of her 10-year-old son. She was acquitted on retrial in 2006.
Girvies Davis was convicted of a 1978 murder. He was executed in 1995. The conviction is disputed.
Richard Alexander was convicted of committing two 1996 rapes. He was exonerated of the crimes in 2001.
Condy Dabney was convicted of the 1924 murder of a 14-year-old girl. A year after his conviction the girl was found living 85 miles away.
Shareef Cousin was sentenced to death for a 1995 murder. He was released in 1998.
Dennis Dechaine was convicted of the murder of a 12-year-old girl. The conviction is disputed.
Michael Austin was convicted of the 1974 murder of a grocery store security guard. He was exonerated in 2001.
Kirk Bloodsworth was convicted of the 1985 rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl. DNA tests exonerated him in 2003.
Gerald Amirault was convicted in 1986 of molesting and raping eight children at the Fells Acres Day Care Center in Malden. The conviction is disputed.
Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted of a 1920 double homicide and robbery. They were executed in 1927. Governor Dukakis posthumously exonerated the pair in 1977.
Lawyer Johnson was sentenced to death for a 1971 Roxbury murder. He was exonerated in 1982.
Ken Wyniemko was convicted of a 1984 rape and robbery of a 28-year-old woman. DNA tests exonerated him in 2003.
Dr. Jack Kevorkian was convicted of murder for assisting a terminally ill patient to commit suicide in 1998.
Randall VanLandingham Jr., a Salvation Army officer, was convicted in 2002 of child molestation. The conviction is disputed.
Cory Maye was sentenced to death for the 2001 fatal shooting of a policeman who conducted a mistaken drug raid of Maye's home. Maye's conviction is disputed.
Ferguson and Erickson were convicted of the 2001 murder of a newspaper journalist. The convictions are disputed.
The Kansas City Five were convicted of setting a fire that caused an explosion and killed six firefighters.
Larry Griffin was convicted of a 1980 murder. He was executed in 1995. The conviction is disputed.
William Jackson Marion was convicted of murdering a man who disappeared in 1872. Marion was hanged in 1887, but the man turned up alive in 1891.
Bill MacFarland was convicted of the 1911 arsenic murder of his wife. He was acquitted on retrial.
Bruno Hauptmann was convicted of the 1932 murder of the Lindbergh baby. He was executed in 1936. His conviction is disputed.
The Trenton Six were convicted of the 1948 murder of a Trenton shopkeeper. All six were exonerated by 1952.
Jesse Timmendequas was sentenced to death for the 1993 rape and murder of seven-year-old Megan Kanka. The crime led to the creation of Megan's Law.
Rubin Carter, a boxing champion, was convicted of a 1966 triple homicide. He was exonerated in 1985.
John List was convicted in 1990 of the 1971 Westfield murders of his wife, three children, and mother. He was caught in 1989 after being featured on America's Most Wanted.
Marlon Legere was convicted of the 2004 Brooklyn murders of two police detectives.
The Central Park Five were five Harlem teens convicted of the 1989 assault and rape of a jogger in New York's Central Park. The five were exonerated in 2002.
Ronell Wilson was sentenced to death in 2007 for the 2003 Staten Island murders of two undercover police detectives.
Ronald DeFeo was convicted of the 1974 Amityville murders of his parents, two brothers, and two sisters.
Martin Tankleff was convicted of the 1988 Belle Terre murders of his wealthy parents. The conviction is disputed.
Jeffrey Mark Deskovic was convicted of the 1989 of rape and murder of a high school classmate. He was exonerated in 2006 when the DNA from the crime was matched to another person.
Darryl Hunt was convicted of the 1984 rape and murder of a newspaper reporter. He was exonerated in 2004.
Dr. Sam Sheppard was convicted of the 1955 murder of his wife. He was acquitted on retrial in 1966.
Tyrone Noling was convicted of the 1990 murder of an elderly couple. The conviction is disputed.
Kenny Richey was convicted of the arson murder of a three-year-old girl. The conviction is disputed.
Timothy McVeigh was executed in 2001 for the 1995 bombing murders of 168 people at federal building in Oklahoma City.
Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz were convicted in 1988 of the 1982 rape and murder of a Ada barmaid. Both were exonerated in 1999.
Ward and Fontenot were convicted in 1985 of the 1984 murder of an Ada store clerk. They had confessed to stabbing her, but the victim was later found with a single gunshot wound. The conviction is disputed.
Santiago Ventura Morales was convicted in 1986 of murdering a farm worker. He was exonerated in 1990.
Zeke Goldblum was convicted of a 1976 murder committed on the top deck of a Pittsburgh parking garage. The conviction is disputed.
Smith and Bradfield were convicted of the 1979 murder of a schoolteacher and her two children. Smith’s conviction was overturned in 1992.
Nicholas Yarris was sentenced to death for a 1981 rape and murder. DNA tests exonerated him in 2004.
Robert Rivera was convicted without a body of an alleged 1999 murder of his 20-month-old daughter. The conviction is disputed.
Ira Einhorn, a counterculture activist, was convicted in 2002 of the 1977 murder of his girlfriend.
Gary M. Heidnik was convicted in 1988 of murdering two women who he had kept prisoners in his basement. He was executed in 1999.
Fred Thomas was convicted of the 1993 murder of a Federal Express truck driver. The conviction was overturned in 2002.
William Pierce, Jr. was convicted of the 1970 rape and murder of the daughter of a state senator. The conviction is disputed.
Phillip Workman was convicted of murdering a Memphis police officer. Tennessee plans to execute him in 2007. The conviction is disputed.
Ruben Cantu was convicted in 1985 of murder. He was executed in 1993. The conviction is disputed.
Anthony Graves was convicted of the 1992 mass murder of six people. His disputed conviction was overturned in 2006, and he faces a possible retrial.
Leonel Torres Herrera was convicted of the 1981 murder of two police officers. He was executed in 1994. His conviction is disputed.
Randall Dale Adams was sentenced to death for of the 1976 murder of a police officer. He was exonerated in 1989.
Darlie Routier was sentenced to death for the 1996 murder of her two sons. The conviction is disputed.
Max Soffar was sentenced to death for the 1980 murder of three people during a robbery of a Houston bowling alley. The conviction is disputed.
Clarence Brandley was sentenced to death for the 1980 rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl. He was exonerated in 1990.
LaBonte and LaFleur were convicted of the 1997 Conroe murders of two women. The convictions are disputed.
Cameron Willingham was convicted of the alleged 1991 arson murder of his three daughters. He was executed in 2004. The conviction is disputed.
Kerry Max Cook was sentenced to death for the 1977 murder of a 21-year-old secretary. He was freed in 1997.
Danziger and Ochoa were convicted of a 1988 rape and murder. DNA tests exonerated the pair in 2001.
Odell Barnes was convicted of the 1989 Wichita Falls murder of his lover. He was executed in 2000. His conviction is disputed.
Gary Gilmore was executed in 1977 for the 1976 murder of a Provo motel manager.
The Boorn Brothers were convicted in 1819 of the alleged 1812 murder of their brother-in-law. They were released in 1820 when the brother-in-law was found living in New Jersey.
Earl Washington Jr. was sentenced to death for a 1982 rape and murder. He was pardoned in 2000.
Ernest Lyons was convicted of the 1908 murder of a missing church pastor. Three years later, the pastor was found living in North Carolina.
Gary Ridgway, also known as the Green River killer, was convicted in 2003 of killing 48 people, mostly Seattle prostitutes killed between 1982 and 1984.
Paul Ingram was accused of Satanic Ritual Abuse in 1988. He was convicted but released in 2003. His conviction is disputed.
Lawrencia Bembenek was convicted of the 1981 murder of her husband's ex-wife. She was exonerated in 1992.
Federal Cases
editDr. Jeffrey MacDonald was convicted of the 1970 Fort Bragg murders of his wife and two daughters. The case is disputed.
Leonard Peltier was convicted of the 1975 murders of two FBI agents on an Indian Reservation. The case is disputed.