Illinois Death Penalty Exonerations

In the quarter century between restoration and abolition of the Illinois death penalty (pdf); 298 men and women were sentenced to death in Illinois. Of those, 20 have been exonerated - an extraordinarily high rate of 6.7%.

Following the names in parenthesis are the year of arrest and year of exoneration.

Read their stories:

Joseph Burrows (1988, 1994)
Perry Cobb (1977, 1986)
Rolando Cruz (1983, 1995)
Nathson Fields (1986, 2009)
Gary Gauger (1994, 1996)
Alejandro Hernandez (1983, 1995)
Madison Hobley (1987, 2003)
Stanley Howard (1984, 2003)
Verneal Jimerson (1985, 1996)
Ronald Jones (1985, 1999)
Ronald Kitchen (1990, 2009)
Carl Lawson (1989, 1996)
Leroy Orange (1984, 2003)
Aaron Patterson (1986, 2003)
Anthony Porter (1982, 1999)
Steven Smith (1985, 1999)
Gabriel Solache, (1998, 2017)
Gordon (Randy) Steidl (1987, 2004)
Darby Tillis (1977, 1986)
Dennis Williams (1978, 1996)