Episode 41 - A Freedom Beyond Exoneration With Jeffrey Deskovic

HIGHLIGHTS

2:06 Jeffrey's mission is to free other people who are wrongfully imprisoned and dedicates about 50 to 60 hours a week to advocacy

3:18 Jeffrey sheds light on the prison system and how much reform is needed based upon what he saw within the 16 years in prison. He also provides statistics of the value of what education can do for the inmates if its properly offered in the system.

9:29 Jeffrey speaks about the mistreatment that goes on in the prison system and how rehabilitation should be more of the focus of the system offering, most especially with those inmates that have shown improvement and progress to having education available to them.

13:06 Jeffrey speaks of the incident that landed him in solitary confinement

18:10 Recharge Beyond the Bars

22:27 Jeffrey's family visitation diminishes with time and his call out to communicate with the outside world

29:32 The advanced DNA technology that changes the direction of the case and proves that Jeffrey was not the perpetrator of the crime

32:58 The documentary CONVICTION with documentary filmmaker Jia Wertz which chronicled the story of Jeffrey post prison

41:43 Jeffrey and his journey to assimilating into society after being released, the personal struggles and challenges he faced getting back into dating and enjoying the simple things of life

51:38 The mission of Deskovic Foundation, the cases they won freeing the wrongfully convicted and the three laws they passed

To find out more about Deskovic go to: https://www.deskovicfoundation.org/

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