Jeffrey Mark Deskovic

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Jeffrey Mark Deskovic, was convicted in 1990 at age 16, of raping, beating and strangling a high school classmate, even though jurors were told the DNA evidence in the case did not point to him. He was incarcerated for 15 years.

Deskovic appeared on a CNN online video in December 2006 as a convert to Islam. Curiously, the last name Dešković is Croatian or Serbian.

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• New York Times; September 20, 2006; DNA Evidence Frees Man After 15 Years