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Michael Grant

Michael Grant

Michael Grant, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was convicted of attempted murder and carjacking in 2008. After the state conceded it failed to disclose exculpatory evidence, Grant received a new trial in 2023 and was acquitted at retrial in October 2024. ​
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Ismael Vasquez

Ismael Vasquez

In 1993, Ismael Vasquez was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for a murder in Toledo, Ohio. He was exonerated in 2025 based on newly discovered evidence pointing to other suspects as the real killers. (Vasquez, center, wearing the black hat, gathers with loved ones after his release)​
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Costilla Jr., Rickard, & Vasquez

Costilla Jr., Rickard, & Vasquez

In 1993, Louis Costilla Jr., Joseph Rickard, Lorenzo Vasquez, and his brother, Ismael Vasquez (not pictured) were sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for a murder in Toledo, Ohio. They were exonerated in 2025 based on newly discovered evidence pointing to other suspects as the real killers. Photographed here with codefendant​ Eric Misch, exonerated in 2024. (From left: Misch, Lorenzo Vasquez, Costilla Jr., Rickard)​
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Jeffrey Koonce

Jeffrey Koonce

In 1983, Jeffrey Koonce was convicted of an armed robbery in Mount Vernon, New York. He was paroled in 1992 and exonerated in 2024 after a re-investigation of his case found that the police used a flawed photo array to link Koonce to the crime. (Photo: New York Post) ​
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Robert Melock

Robert Melock

In 1989, Robert Melock was sentenced to death for the murder of his grandmother in Waukegan, Illinois. He was exonerated in 2024 based on withheld evidence that showed a jailhouse informant had falsely testified that Melock admitted to the crime, as well as evidence that the lead detective had a history of obtaining false confessions. ​(Photo: Loevy & Loevy)
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