S02E01: THE WRONGFUL CONVICTION OF JEFFREY DESKOVIC (PART 1)

Crime Family is back and we're kicking off our new season with a 3-part premiere episode about Jeffrey Deskovic- a 17-year-old high school student who was wrongfully convicted of his classmate's murder and spent nearly 16 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit.

Angela Correa disappeared on November 15, 1989 in Peekskill, New York and her body was found only two days later having been beaten, raped and strangled. The police very quickly zeroed in on Jeff as the prime suspect, who was one of Angela's classmates but barely knew her. Not only this, but he had a perfectly reliable alibi for the time of the crime.  Only two short months after Angela's murder, a series of illegal police tactics and a shoddy polygraph test led Jeff to confess to a crime he didn't commit.

This is the story of the police misconduct that resulted in devastating consequences not only for Jeff, but for another innocent person whose life was taken by Angela's real killer only three years later.

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EPISODE RESOURCES:

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

The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation:
https://www.deskovicfoundation.org/

Report from Westchester County DA's Office:
https://www.westchesterda.net/Jeffrey%20Deskovic%20Comm%20Rpt.pdf

Jeffrey Deskovic Interview (Compound Media):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2hEZI5AVu4

Jeff’s TED TALK:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDSvbm1NX_o

Investigation Discovery UK
Shadow of Doubt: season 2 episode 1: New Girl in Town:
https://www.discoveryuk.com/series/shadow-of-doubt/ 

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