Marquez Powell was fully exonerated on June 18, 2026, after fighting to prove his innocence while wrongfully incarcerated for nearly 21 years.

After persistently fighting to prove his innocence from behind bars for more than two decades, Sonny Bharadia was fully exonerated on May 16, 2025.

On May 22, 2024 after 25 years of wrongful imprisonment and three years living under very restrictive parole conditions, Ray can finally put his wrongful conviction behind him once and for all.

On September 21, 2023 following a 22 year fight to clear his name, Joey Watkins' ankle monitor was cut off and he was finally able to live his life as an exonerated, free man along with his family and friends.

After 25 years behind bars for a crime that never happened, Lee Clark was exonerated and walked out of Floyd County Jail into the arms of dozens of friends, families, and loved ones on December 8th, 2022.

In December of 2021, Devonia walked out of Augusta State Medical Prison and into the arms of family just in time to celebrate his first Christmas as a free man in more than two decades.

At 61 years old, after spending more than half his life incarcerated for a crime he did not commit, Ron Jacobsen was at last fully exonerated on August 25, 2021.

On July 19, 2021, Dennis was exonerated after 21 years of fighting a wrongful conviction, now cherishing the little things like time with grandchildren and road trips with his wife, Brenda.

Despite profoundly unreliable evidence, Terry was convicted of several crimes against White women in 1980s Troop County. GIP fought for years: obtaining DNA testing that proved innocence, uncovering buried evidence and official misconduct, and even partnering with police – all culminating in four exonerations and Terry’s freedom in February 2021.

Johnny Lee Gates spent more than 43 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. On May 15, 2020, he walked free from Muscogee County Jail.

Wrongfully convicted as teen based on bad science and a lying incentivized witness, Kerry was exonerated in January 2020 thanks to new DNA evidence and the tireless efforts of his family, DNA scientist Greg Hampikian, attorney Rodney Zell & GIP. Kerry embraces every moment he has in freedom and with loved ones.

A unique partnership between the Georgia Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and the Georgia Innocence Project led to the exoneration of Michael Googe of Brunswick, GA. He was convicted in 2007 for the burglary of a convenience store.

On December 14, 2009, more than two years after being wrongfully convicted, Michael Marshall was set free after post-conviction DNA testing proved his innocence.

John White walked out of prison as a free man in December of 2007, after losing more than 27 years of his life to wrongful conviction.

On January 23, 2007, after serving over 22 years of a 45-year sentence, Pete Williams was released from prison at the age of 45. When asked how it felt to be released after all the years he spent in prison, Pete said, “Being free—nothing can replace that. Freedom, it means everything.”

Robert was exonerated in December 2005, and walked out of prison an innocent man. At the time of his arrest, he was 21 years old, the father of a 5-year-old son, and lived with his mother, who never lost faith in him throughout his trial and incarceration.

Clarence Harrison, Georgia Innocence Project’s first exoneree, served nearly 18 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. He was released in 2004 after post-conviction DNA testing conclusively proved his innocence.