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.
[4][5] After prolonged police interrogation, Wise eventually gave a taped confession to the crime, despite not having committed it.
Wise was exonerated in 2002 after Matias Reyes admitted to the crime and DNA testing proved his guilt.
[6] In 2014, Wise and the other four exonerated convicts settled a federal lawsuit against New York City, winning $41 million.
[10] Wise, along with Yusef Salaam, spoke at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, endorsing Kamala Harris for United States President and criticizing Donald Trump for calling for his execution.