Jury Finds DiPippo Not Guilty in 3rd Trial for Murder of 12-Year-Old Putnam Girl

Twice convicted of the rape and murder of Josette Wright, Anthony DiPippo was found not guilty Tuesday by a jury hearing the case for the third time, according to news reports.

DiPippo had been found guilty twice; both times the conviction was overturned on appeal, the Putnam County Courier reported.

Wright's family was outraged and horrified by the jury's decision, while DiPippo supporter Jeffrey Deskovic celebrated. Lawyers for Andrew Krivac, the other man who was convicted with DiPippo for the assault and murder, have filed to have his conviction overturned, according to reporter Eric Gross.

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Deskovic has fought for other men in jail who insisted on their innocence ever since he was released from prison after serving 17 years for a crime he did not commit.

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A federal jury found that ex-Putnam Sheriff’s Investigator Daniel Stephens, then an investigator with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, fabricated evidence and coerced a false confession from Deskovic that led to his wrongful conviction of the 1989 rape and murder of a Peekskill High School classmate.