Jeffrey Deskovic

Jeffrey Deskovic, Esq., M.A., is an internationally recognized wrongful conviction expert and the founder of The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice, which has freed 15 wrongfully convicted people and helped pass nine laws, including: video-taping interrogations; identification reform; the Commission On Prosecutor Conduct, and Discovery Reform. Under Jeff’s supervision, The Foundation is trying to free 13 innocent people while pursuing policy initiatives in NY, PA, and CA. His body of work includes delivering hundreds of presentations; authoring several hundred articles while being published in nine different publications; giving uncountable interviews; twice adjunct teaching a wrongful conviction college course; co-teaching ethics twice a year for ten years at a police academy; serving on a Police Task Force Reform Group and a Transition Team of an incoming District Attorney. Jeff has taught Continued Legal Education classes in front of judicial gatherings, prosecutorial groups, and public defenders. Jeff is part of the, “It Could Happen To You” coalition, serves on the Global Advisory Council of Restorative Justice International, and co-owns the reintegration tool, “Recharge Beyond The Bars Re-Entry Game.” He has endorsed in twelve political races across the US. The motivation for his advocacy work is that he was wrongfully imprisoned for sixteen years- from age 17 to 32- despite a negative DNA Test, based upon a coerced, false confession, prosecutorial misconduct, fraud by the medical examiner, and an inept public defender before being exonerated via the DNA Database. A documentary short about his life post-exoneration and advocacy work, “Conviction”, is available on Amazon Prime.