List of Exonerated Death Row Inmates - List By Country - United States - 1990-1999

1990-1999

1990

  • 40. Clarence Brandley Texas (Ex Parte Brandley, 781 S.W.2d 886 (Tex. Crim App. 1989). Convicted 1981.
  • 41. John C. Skelton.
  • 42. Dale Johnston.
  • 43. Jimmy Lee Mathers.

1991

  • 44. Gary Nelson.
  • 45. Bradley P. Scott.
  • 46. Charles Smith.

1992

  • 47. Jay C. Smith Pennsylvania. Convicted 1986.

1993

  • 48. Kirk Bloodsworth Maryland. Convicted 1984. Exonerated 1993; first prisoner to be exonerated by DNA evidence. Serving life in prison when exonerated, as earlier death sentence was overturned.
  • 49. Federico M. Macias.
  • 50. Walter McMillan.
  • 51. Gregory R. Wilhoit Oklahoma. Convicted 1987. Along with Ron Williamson, Wilhoit later became the subject of John Grisham's 2006 non-fiction book The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town.
  • 52. James Robison.
  • 53. Muneer Deeb.

1994

  • 54. Andrew Golden.

1995

  • 55. Adolph Munson.
  • 56. Robert Charles Cruz.
  • 57. Rolando Cruz.
  • 58. Alejandro Hernández.
  • 59. Sabrina Butler.

1996

  • 60. Joseph Burrows. Joseph Burrows was released from death row after his attorney Kathleen Zellner persuaded the real killer to confess at the post-conviction hearing, and Peter Rooney, a reporter for the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, obtained a recantation from a key witness. . The Burrows case was the subject of a book by Rooney titled "Die Free: A True Story of Murder, Betrayal and Miscarried Justice"
  • 61. Verneal Jimerson.
  • 62. Dennis Williams.
  • 63. Roberto Miranda.
  • 64. Gary Gauger
  • 65. Troy Lee Jones.
  • 66. Carl Lawson.
  • 67. David Wayne Grannis.

1997

  • 68. Ricardo Aldape Guerra.
  • 69. Benjamin Harris.
  • 70. Robert Hayes.
  • 71. Christopher McCrimmon.
  • 72. Randall Padgett.
  • It is later revealed, through additional research by Prof. Samuel Gross of the University of Michigan, that though James Bo Cochran was acquitted of murder, he did plead guilty to a robbery charge in an agreement made with prosecutors prior to his release. Therefore, Cochran is no longer on the list of those exonerated from death row.

1998

  • 73. Robert Lee Miller, Jr.
  • 74. Curtis Kyles.

1999

  • 75. Shareef Cousin Louisiana (Louisiana v. Cousin, 710 So. 2d 1065 (1998)). Convicted 1996.
  • 76. Anthony Porter Illinois. Convicted 1983.
  • 77. Steven Smith.
  • 78. Ronald Williamson Oklahoma. Convicted 1988. Along with Gregory R. Wilhoit, Williamson later became the inspiration for and subject of John Grisham's 2006 non-fiction book The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town.
  • 79. Ronald Jones.
  • 80. Clarence Dexter, Jr.
  • 81. Warren Douglas Manning.
  • 82. Alfred Rivera.

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