In this episode I speak to Jeffrey Deskovic about his personal journey of being wrongfully imprisoned at the age of 17 for the rape and murder of a 15 year old classmate. We talk about what his experience was like as a 16 year old being questioned by the police, being coerced into giving a false confession, what spending the next 16 years of life in a maximum security prision and what it was like getting exonerated and life after jail. We talk about the work he is doing now and what he hopes for the future. 

This is an incredibly moving episode. 

A little bit more about Jeffrey. 

Jeffrey Deskovic, Esq., M.A., is the founder of The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice, which has freed 11 people and helped pass 3 laws aimed at preventing wrongful conviction. As part of the national coalition It Could Happen To You, which Jeff is an advisory board member of, an additional 6 laws were passed. Jeff's motivation is that he spent 16 years in prison-from age 17 to 32- for a murder and rape he did not commit, prior to being exonerated by DNA Testing. A documentary short about his advocacy and life post-exoneration, "Conviction", is available on Amazon Prime.

Deskovic Foundation Patreon page: The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice is creating criminal justice reform & exonerating those wrongfully convicted | Patreon

Deskovic Foundation website: Deskovic Foundation https://www.deskovicfoundation.org/

Conviction (Documentary short about Jeff): Watch Conviction | Prime Video (amazon.com) 

Innocence Project https://innocenceproject.org/

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3171

News Articles
https://www.fastcompany.com/3042322/becoming-a-social-entrepreneur-isnt-easy-when-youve-wrongfully-spent-16-years-in-jail

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/exonerated-free-toll-varied-justice-system-wrongfully-convicted

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/exonerated-after-23-years_b_2725484

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