Conviction review
Convictions that were overturned, and innocence claims courts are ruling on this week. Read what the evidence was and where it broke.
National Registry of Exonerations
The National Registry of Exonerations is a project of the University of Michigan Law School, Michigan State University College of Law and the University of California Irvine Newkirk Center for Science and Society. The Registry was co-founded in 2012 with the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law to provide detailed information about known exonerations in the United States since…
2023 · CaliforniaOverturned
Alissa Bjerkhoel
Alissa Leanne Bjerkhoel (pronounced byeer-kul) Is a Superior Court Judge for Nevada County, California. She was appointed to the bench on November 23 2023, and started serving on December 4 of same year. Prior to this she was an American litigation coordinator at the California Innocence Project (CIP).
2017 · CaliforniaOverturnedCraig Coley
Craig Richard Coley (born June 7, 1947 in Los Angeles County, California) is an American man who was wrongfully convicted of a double murder in Simi Valley, California, and spent 39 years in prison. He was pardoned by the governor of California in 2017 because DNA testing, not available at his original trial, did not support his conviction.
2001 · CaliforniaExonerated 2001Leonard McSherry
In 1988, Leonard McSherry was wrongly convicted of a rape he did not commit in California. He was later exonerated in 2001.
2002 · CaliforniaExonerated 2002Albert Johnson
In 1992, Albert Johnson was wrongly convicted of two counts of sexual assault in California. He was later exonerated in 2002.
1996 · CaliforniaExonerated 1996Kevin Green
In 1980, Kevin Green was wrongly convicted of a murder and an attempted murder he did not commit. He was later exonerated in 1996.
1994 · CaliforniaExonerated 1994Frederick Daye
In 1984, Frederick Daye was wrongly convicted of a sexual assault he did not commit, in California. He was later exonerated in 1994.
1994 · CaliforniaExonerated 1994Mark Diaz Bravo
In 1990, Mark Diaz Bravo was wrongly convicted of a sexual assault he did not commit in Los Angeles. He was later exonerated in 1994.
2005 · CaliforniaExonerated 2005Peter Rose
In 1995, Peter Rose was wrongly convicted of a rape and kidnapping in California. He was later exonerated in 2005.
2000 · CaliforniaExonerated 2000Herman Atkins
In 1986, Herman Atkins was wrongly charged, and later convicted, of robbery and rape. He served 12 years in prison before he was exonerated.