VC-001 · 2002
Wrongful conviction · New York
The Central Park Five — five innocent teenagers convicted, then cleared by the real rapist
Convictions vacated, 2002 · Exonerated
VC-002 · 2015
Wrongful conviction · Alabama
Anthony Ray Hinton — nearly three decades on death row for a gun that never matched
Charges dismissed, April 2015 · Exonerated
VC-003 · 1993
Wrongful conviction · Maryland
Kirk Bloodsworth — the first American freed from death row by DNA
DNA exclusion & release, June 1993 · Exonerated
VC-004 · 1995
Wrongful conviction · North Carolina
Ronald Cotton — a confident eyewitness, a wrong man, and DNA eleven years late
DNA exclusion & pardon, 1995 · Exonerated
VC-005 · 2011
Wrongful conviction · Texas
Michael Morton — a hidden bandana held the truth for 25 years
Convictions vacated, 2011 · Exonerated
VC-006 · 2004
Contested execution · Texas
Cameron Todd Willingham — executed on arson science that was not science
Never cleared; conviction stands · Executed
VC-007 · 2014
Wrongful conviction · Louisiana
Glenn Ford — 30 years on death row, then 15 months free
Conviction vacated, 2014 · Exonerated
VC-008 · 2011
Wrongful conviction · Arkansas
The West Memphis Three — freed by a guilty plea that left the conviction standing
Freed via Alford plea, 2011 · Released
VC-009 · 2017
Wrongful conviction · Virginia
The Norfolk Four — four false confessions, one real killer, twenty years to clear
Absolute pardons, 2017 · Pardoned
VC-010 · 2014
Wrongful conviction · Ohio
Ricky Jackson — 39 years on a 12-year-old’s testimony that was never true
Conviction vacated, Nov 2014 · Exonerated
VC-011 · 2014
Wrongful conviction · North Carolina
Henry McCollum & Leon Brown — two disabled teenagers signed to death row, cleared by a cigarette
Convictions vacated, Sept 2, 2014 · Exonerated
VC-012 · 2009
Wrongful conviction · Nebraska
The Beatrice Six — five people talked into “remembering” a murder they never saw
Pardoned & vacated, 2008–09 · Exonerated
VC-013 · 2004
Wrongful conviction · North Carolina
Darryl Hunt — cleared by DNA in 1994, freed only when a database named the real killer
Charges dismissed, Feb 6, 2004 · Exonerated
VC-014 · 1996
Wrongful conviction · Illinois
The Ford Heights Four — four innocent men, two on death row, cleared by students and DNA
Charges dismissed, June 1996 · Exonerated
VC-015 · 1999
Wrongful conviction · Illinois
Anthony Porter — two days from execution, freed by journalism students
Charges dismissed, March 1999 · Exonerated