Korey Wise

Korey Wise is an American activist who travels the United States advocating for social and justice reform. At 16 years old, Korey Wise and four other Black and Latino teenagers were falsely convicted of charges stemming from the brutal attack and rape of a female jogger in New York City’s Central Park. Korey spent almost 14 years in prison for crimes he did not commit. In 2015, following his exoneration and settlement with the city of New York, he made a major contribution to the University of Colorado Law School’s Innocence Project, which was renamed the Korey Wise Innocence Project. 

Korey believes in PEP’s mission as prosecutors account for 30 percent of the misconduct resulting in people, of all races, being wrongly charged and convicted for crimes they did not commit. 

In addition to his philanthropy, Korey is an avid public speaker and advocate for justice reform in his home state of New York and across the U.S.