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 found to be wrongly convicted. Many of these exonerees' sentences were overturned by acquittal or pardon, but some of those listed were exonerated posthumously.^[1] 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 does not include:

1. Posthumous pardons for individuals executed before 1950.
2. Inmates who were given life sentences when their country, province or state abolished the death penalty.
3. People who were threatened with death and never jailed.
4. People who were jailed by extralegal groups or courts, for example, as often occurs in cases of sentences of stoning.