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List of exonerated death row inmates

This list contains names of people who were found guilty of capital crimes and placed on death row but later had their convictions overturned. Many of these exonerees' sentences were overturned by acquittal or pardon, but some of those listed were exonerated posthumously. The state listed is that in which the conviction occurred, the year is that of release and the case is that which overturned the conviction.

This list includes:

  1. Former death row inmates who were conditionally pardoned, had their sentences commuted, or had their cases dismissed, and were subsequently exonerated.
  2. Death row inmates who were legally exonerated, but not proven factually innocent.
  3. Death row inmates who remain in prison or on death row for other capital or non-capital convictions.

This list does not include:

  1. People who were convicted of or pleaded guilty or no contest to lesser charges directly related to the crime before the fact.
  2. People who were initially exonerated, but subsequently convicted for the same offense. For example, Timothy Hennis was later retried and convicted of the Eastburn family murders under dual sovereignty after new evidence proved his guilt.

The names of exonerees who names are marked with an asterisk (*) indicate that the events of their cases in which it was determined that no crime had taken place.

Canada

India

Six men Ankush Maruti Shinde, Rajya Appa Shinde, Ambadas Laxman Shinde, Raju Mhasu Shinde, Bapu Appa Shinde and Suresh Shinde were convicted and sentenced to death penalty in 2009 on charges of rape and murder. On 6 March 2019, the Supreme Court of India acquitted all the six death-row convicts and proclaimed them innocent.

Ireland

In 2015, the President of Ireland granted a posthumous pardon to Harry Gleeson, who was executed in 1941 for the murder of Moll McCarthy, on the grounds that he had been wrongfully convicted.

In 2018, the President of Ireland granted a posthumous pardon to Maolra Seoighe, who was executed in 1882 for the Maamtrasna Murders on the grounds that he had most likely been wrongfully convicted. In addition, he had not received a fair trial. Although Seoighe could only speak Irish, the case was heard in English without any translation service.

Israel

Japan

Taiwan

United Kingdom

United States

As of December 5, 2025, the Innocence Database maintained by the Death Penalty Information Center shows 201 exonerations of prisoners who had been sentenced to death in the United States since 1973.

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