About Our Mission

There are approximately 120,000 wrongfully convicted people in prison today in the United States. The Deskovic Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the exoneration of the wrongfully convicted, their recovery, and reform of the system that allows these miscarriages of justice to take place. It was founded by Jeffrey Deskovic, an exoneree that was sentenced to life in prison at the age of 17 for the rape and murder of a 15 year old girl that he did not commit. Authorities knew his DNA did not match that of the actual perpetrator – who, three years later, went on to murder another young woman and mother of two – but colluded to convict Deskovic and keep him in prison for 16 years. After his exoneration and release, Deskovic successfully sued the authorities responsible and used a substantial portion of the compensation he was awarded to start The Deskovic Foundation. Deskovic has dedicated himself to helping the wrongfully convicted, and recently graduated from the Elizabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University with a law degree. The Foundation has freed seven people, and currently has eleven active cases in addition to proving peripheral assistance in other cases. We hope you will join our fight to free the wrongfully imprisoned by donating to us.