From Exoneree To Lawyer: Overcoming A Wrongful Conviction

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

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True Crime

4.8 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

On November 15th, 1989, 15-year-old Angela Correa disappeared after taking pictures for her photography class in Peekskill, New York. Two days later, her body was found. She had been brutally raped and murdered. News of Angela's death devastated her classmates at Peekskill High School, one of which, was Jeff Deskovic. However, detectives soon made Jeff a prime suspect in the case and coerced him into a false confession. At 17 years old, Jeff was convicted and spent the next 16 years of his life in prison for a crime he did not commit. Exoneree and Lawyer Jeff Deskovic shares the story of his wrongful conviction and his fight for justice. He emphasizes the importance of policy changes to prevent injustice and discusses how his organization works to free other wrongfully convicted people as well. The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice is a nonprofit dedicated to preventing wrongful convictions, freeing innocent people in both DNA and non-DNA cases, and pursuing policy changes to prevent injustice. The organization has freed 13 wrongfully convicted people to date and has worked to pass three laws aimed at preventing wrongful convictions. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.9	It was a chilly November day when 15-year-old Angela Correa headed out to take pictures for a photography class.
0:39.8	Camera and lens in hand, she was hoping to capture the autumnal beauty of the woods in her hometown of
0:46.0	Peakskill, New York. However, Angela never returned home. Two days later, on November 17, 1989, Angela's body was found. She had been brutally
0:57.8	raped and murdered. The news of her death crushed her classmates at Peakskill High School,
1:03.8	one of whom was 16-year-old Jeff Descovic. As he mourned, detectives took notice and decided that his reactions of grief were suspicious.
1:14.4	They later designated young Jeff the prime suspect in the case.
1:19.5	After weeks of investigation, the detectives zeroed in on him.
1:24.1	Driving him across county lines to meet with a polygrapher, he was subjected to hours of interrogations
1:30.2	and polygraph tests. Detectives ultimately coerced him into a false confession. The case proceeded
1:37.1	to trial on the basis of the false confession. Even Jeff's DNA did not match the DNA found
1:43.8	on Angela's body.
1:46.1	But at 17 years old, in December of 1990, Jeff was convicted of first-degree rape and second-degree murder.
1:54.2	He was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
1:57.8	Jeff was in an unimaginable position.
2:00.6	He was innocent. But how could he prove it while he was
2:03.9	incarcerated after having confessed? This is his story. I'm Emily Campano, and this is the Fox
2:12.2	True Crime podcast. The Jeff spent the next 16 years of his life in a maximum security prison,
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