Korey Wise

Korey Wise
Born
Kharey Wise

(1972-07-26) July 26, 1972 (age 52)
Known forCentral Park jogger case

Korey Wise (born Kharey Wise, July 26, 1972)[1][2] is an American activist who travels the United States advocating for criminal justice reform. Wise shares his stories of being wrongfully convicted in the Central Park jogger case (along with Raymond Santana Jr., Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, and Yusef Salaam) for the attack on Trisha Meili, a 28-year-old white woman who was jogging in Central Park, as well as attacks on eight other people on the night of April 19, 1989.[3] Wise spent approximately 14 years incarcerated, maintaining his innocence from 1989 until he was exonerated in 2002.

  1. ^ "Korey Wise's Sister, Marci Wise, Was Murdered While He Was in Jail". Heavy.com. June 7, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2021. Wise, who changed his first named from Kharey to Korey...
  2. ^ Chandra Thomas Whitfield (August 8, 2019). "We talked with one of the Central Park Five about Netflix's "When They See Us"". In These Times. Retrieved July 10, 2021. One of the most magical components of our story is this young man changed his name from Kharey to Korey...
  3. ^ Kassin, Saul (November 1, 2002). "False Confessions and the Jogger Case". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 7, 2019.