Jeffrey Deskovic
Posted By The Editors | October 27th, 2009 | Category: Exoneree of the Week | Comments Off
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Jeffrey Deskovic
Three years ago this week, Jeffrey Deskovic was exonerated in New York after serving nearly 16 years for a murder he did not commit. Deskovic was 16 years old when he allegedly gave a false confession after six hours of grueling interrogation. He was convicted despite DNA testing presented at his trial pointing to his innocence. That same evidence was compared to a DNA database at the Innocence Project’s request in 2006. It matched the profile of a prisoner, who confessed to committing the crime alone, exonerating Deskovic. Read more on this case.
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