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What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

78: Jeff was convicted of murder

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Peekskill, New York. Angela Correa was 15 years old. She was a student at Peekskill High School, with an interest in photography as a hobby and perhaps eventually a career. On November 15, 1989, she went missing, and an area-wide search was conducted. Two days later, Angela’s body was found. She had been beaten, raped, and strangled to death. Police began an investigation, and questioned some of the other students at Angela’s school. Based on some tips, they began to question one of her fellow students, 16 year old Jeff Deskovic. After a long session with a polygraph examiner, Deskovic confessed to the murder. He was charged and convicted, and sentenced. He was in prison for 16 years. Just one problem with this story: he didn’t do it. Jeff Deskovic is my guest on the show today, and we talked about a lot of things, including why he would confess to a murder that he didn’t commit, and what it was like to be a sensitive, 17 year old boy living in prison next to violent criminals. And best of all, what he’s been able to do since he got out. Deskovic Foundation: https://www.deskovicfoundation.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thejeffreydeskovicfoundation/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/deskovicfoundation/featured Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeskovicFDN Jeff’s TedX talk: https://www.deskovicfoundation.org/deskovic-tedx-talk Documentary “Convicted” on Amazon Prime: https://www.deskovicfoundation.org/deskovic-tedx-talk This episode sponsored by Felix Gray blue-light glasses and HelloFresh, America’s #1 meal kit. Music credit: Drone in D by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200044 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.

0:11.0

Peakskill, New York.

0:14.0

Angela Correa was 15 years old.

0:17.0

She was a student at Peakskill High School

0:20.0

with an interest in photography as a hobby and perhaps eventually a career.

0:25.0

On November 15, 1989, she went missing and an area-wide search was conducted.

0:33.0

Two days later, Angela's body was found.

0:37.0

She had been beaten, raped, and strangled to death.

0:42.0

Police began an investigation and questioned some of the other students at Angela's school.

0:49.0

Based on some tips, they began to question one of her fellow students, 16-year-old Jeff Deskavik.

0:57.0

After a long session with a polygraph examiner, Deskavik confessed to the murder.

1:04.0

He was charged and convicted and sentenced.

1:08.0

He was in prison for 16 years.

1:12.0

Just one problem with this story. He didn't do it.

1:17.0

Jeff Deskavik is my guest on the show today and we talked about a lot of things,

1:22.0

including why he would confess to a murder that he didn't commit.

1:27.0

And what it was like to be a sensitive 17-year-old boy living in prison next to violent criminals.

1:35.0

And best of all, what he's been able to do since he got out.

1:41.0

Real people in unreal situations.

1:47.0

There is a man standing in front of me in my bedroom.

1:52.0

My friend had been shot.

1:54.0

I'm in the literally entitled river and I'm in my car.

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