Jeffrey Deskovic
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FILE- In this June 10, 2009 file photo, Jeffrey Deskovic responds to questions during an interview in New York. Deskovic, who had served 16 years in prison for a rape and murder he didn't commit, is the founder of the Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice. The foundation’s purpose to work for changes in the American justice system that can lead to wrongful convictions. While there are peer review procedures to examine mistakes in industries like airline travel and medicine, there is no such mechanism in the life-and-death world of criminal justice to combat mistakes leading to wrongful convictions. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
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FILE- In this June 10, 2009 file photo, Jeffrey Deskovic responds to questions during an interview in New York. Deskovic, who had served 16 years in prison for a rape and murder he didn't commit, is reform advocate working to change some practices in the American justice system that can lead to wrongful convictions. While there are mechanisms in industries like airline travel and medicine that allows pilots and doctors to examine mistakes they make without blame, there is no such practice in the life-and-death world of criminal justice to combat wrongful convictions. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
