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- And because of his age, he was legally allowed to be questioned by detectives without the supervision of a parent or guardian. Combine this with the fact that Korey struggled with hearing issues and a learning disability, and the teen was especially vulnerable to the pressures of the detectives' allegedly aggressive questioning.
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Jun 2, 2019 · Up to 25,000 teenagers a year that may otherwise have endured criminal court and adult prisons will instead be sent to family court and juvenile programs.
Juvenile court prioritizes rehabilitation and treatment. As an adult, Korey was not sent to a juvenile detention facility. Instead, he was detained at Rikers Island prior to his trial. Rather than going to a juvenile placement facility or boot camp, Korey was imprisoned in adult prisons across New York.
Jun 5, 2019 · The travesty of justice saw Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise all coerced into giving false confessions by police before being sentenced for a crime ...
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Sep 20, 2019 · But unlike the other four teens, who were tried as minors and sentenced to five to 10 years in a youth correctional facility (where they could be held until they turned 21), Korey was sentenced to...
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Aug 16, 2016 · When I asked about the number of minors she charges in adult court, Corey replied that “the juvenile system was not designed to deal with kids who commit really...
Jun 3, 2019 · Korey is the only one of the five still living in New York City. To this day, Wise is a criminal-justice activist and in 2016 he donated $190,000 to Colorado's Innocence Project (via The Root) in ...
Jun 10, 2023 · At sentencing, the younger four–Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, and Raymond Santana—were sent to a youth correctional facility. At 16, Korey was sent to adult prison, where he was sentenced to five to 15 years. In an interview with show director Ava Duvernay, Wise said: “There is no Central Park Five.