While in prison, Wise, the oldest of the four then-teenagers, met Matias Reyes, the real criminal behind Trisha Meili's assault, at Rikers Island. Thirteen years later, they met again in another facility, and Reyes, already serving a sentence for murder and multiple rapes, would confess to his crime.
Now residing in New York City, Wise works with the Innocence Project towards criminal justice reform. In 2015, Wise gifted $190,000 to support the Innocence Project at the University of Colorado Law School. In March 2019, the NYC branch of the Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network presented him with the Man of Vision Award.
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