Korey Wise (born Kharey Wise; July 26, 1972) [1][2] is an American activist who travels across the United States advocating for criminal justice reform.

In 1990, Korey Wise — a member of the Exonerated Five — was wrongly convicted of a rape and assault he did not commit in New York. On the night of April 19, 1989, a 28-year-old female jogger …

After prolonged periods of police interrogation, five teenagers – Yusef Salaam, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise – falsely confessed to being involved in the …

"I am not happy about this day. You can't give me back what you took from me," said Deloris Wise, Korey Wise's mother. "He was 16," she told the New York Daily News. "You took him. You put him in …

At 16 years old, Korey was the oldest of five innocent Black and Latino boys (ages 14-16) who were wrongly convicted and imprisoned in connection with the infamous 1989 rape and assault of a white …

Jun 5, 2019 · Played by Jharrel Jerome in the show, 16-year-old Korey Wise was one of the five black teenagers wrongly convicted of raping and assaulting Trisha Meili in 1989.

Jun 11, 2024 · Wise started his prison sentence and New York City’s notorious Rikers Island. He was a 16-year-old child thrown into a world of violence and abuse at the hands of seasoned criminal adults.