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May 14, 2019 · Learn about the 1989 case of the Central Park Five, five black and Latino teens wrongly convicted of raping a white jogger in New York City. Find out how DNA evidence, a confession and a $41 million settlement exonerated them after years in prison.
The Central Park jogger case (sometimes termed the Central Park Five case) was a criminal case concerning the assault and rape of Trisha Meili, a woman in Central Park in Manhattan, New York, on April 19, 1989. [1] [2] On the night of the attack, dozens of teenagers had entered the park, and there were reports of muggings and physical assaults.
Jun 19, 2019 · The Central Park Five — Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Raymond Santana Jr., Korey Wise and Yusef Salaam — were the five black and Latino men who were convicted and later exonerated of...
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Jun 12, 2019 · Central Park Five: The true story behind When They See Us. 12 June 2019. Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix/Getty. Ethan Herisse as Yusef Salaam in When They See Us (left) and the real Yusef Salaam...
May 26, 2021 · Each of the boys, then known as the "Central Park Five," was convicted. It wasn't until 2002 — well after Salaam had completed his nearly seven-year prison sentence — that DNA evidence...
The film tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of a 1989 rape in Central Park. Learn more about the conviction, exoneration and aftermath of the case, and watch a special video feature.
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A documentary by Ken Burns that tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park in 1989. The film explores the forces behind the miscarriage of justice, the impact on the lives of the five men, and the role of race and media in the case.
