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Can DNA deliver liberty and justice for all?

Summary by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

After six hours of police interrogation and three polygraph tests—all in hopes of helping solve a crime—17-year-old Jeffrey Deskovic confessed to a murder he didn’t commit. He was sentenced to life in prison. “After I falsely confessed,” he recalled, “I didn’t realize I was being arrested. I thought I was going home.” For 16 years, Deskovic lived behind bars while a murderer walked free. Only in 2006, with the help of the Innocence Project and a…

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Can DNA deliver liberty and justice for all?

After six hours of police interrogation and three polygraph tests—all in hopes of helping solve a crime—17-year-old Jeffrey Deskovic confessed to a murder he didn’t commit. He was sentenced to life in prison. “After I falsely confessed,” he recalled, “I didn’t realize I was being arrested. I thought I was going home.” For 16 years, Deskovic lived behind bars while a murderer walked free. Only in 2006, with the help of the Innocence Project and a…

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory broke the news in 1 day ago on Friday, October 24, 2025.

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