Wrongfully Convicted: Life After 16 Years In Prison with Jeff Deskovic

In January 1991, Jeff Deskovic was wrongly convicted at the age of seventeen of raping, beating, and strangling Angela Correa, a 15-year-old high school classmate at Peekskill High School. On November 2, 2006, his indictment was dismissed on the grounds of actual innocence. Postconviction DNA testing both proved Jeff’s innocence and identified the real perpetrator of a 1989 murder and rape. After his exoneration and release, he successfully sued the authorities responsible and used a substantial portion of the compensation he was awarded to start The Deskovic Foundation - a non-profit organization dedicated to the exoneration of the wrongfully convicted, their recovery, and reform of the system that allows these miscarriages of justice to take place. Today, Jeff has dedicated himself to helping the wrongfully convicted. On this episode of Fall in love with Fitness, Jeff shares his story of wrongful conviction, how he has shifted towards healing and recovery, and what life was like after being released from prison.