This FAQ is empty. [5] The Open Line hosts on WRKS were credited with helping continue to cover the case until the convicted youths were cleared in 2002 of the crime. While the confessions were videotaped, the hours of interrogation that preceded the confessions were not. [79][80][81] In 2002, Reyes told officials that on the night of April 19, 1989, he had assaulted and raped the female jogger. The latter pleaded guilty in January 1991 on lesser charges and received a reduced sentence. [7] Reyes' DNA matched the semen found on Meili, and he provided other confirmatory evidence. [56], In a 2016 Guardian article, defense counsel William Warren was reported saying that he thought Trump's ads in 1989 had played a role in securing conviction by the juries, saying that "he poisoned the minds of many people who lived in New York City and who, rightfully, had a natural affinity for the victim. [58] The jury consisted of four white Americans, four black Americans, three Hispanic Americans, and one Asian American. He serves as a board member of the Innocence Project. These were:[6][8]. The history of the U.S. National Parks system, including the initial ideas which led to the world's first national parks and the expansion of the system over 150 years. All later had their charges vacated after a prison inmate confessed to the crime. [16], Meili was a Phi Beta Kappa economics major at Wellesley College, where she received a B.A. David Lewis, banker, attacked and robbed about 9:25–9:40, John Loughlin, the 40-year-old teacher, severely beaten and kicked about 9:40–9:50 p.m. near the reservoir and left unconscious. [55] He said that Salaam's statement was being admitted as evidence because Salaam had lied to police about his age and showed them false identification. ", In 2016, the five men received an award of $3.9 million against the State of New York for additional damages caused by the economic and emotional devastation caused by their incarceration.The original lawsuit had requested $51 million in addition to the previously awarded $41 million. [122], Meili returned to work at the investment bank. The fear made me feel really like I was not going to be able to make it out."[38]. [94] Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly complained at the time that Morgenthau's staff had denied his detectives access to "important evidence" needed to conduct a thorough investigation. While they acknowledged "witnessing or participating in other wrongdoing" in the park, they each maintained innocence in the attack of Meili. "[73] They received a total settlement of $3.9 million from the state in 2016, with varying amounts related to the period of time that each man had served in prison. "[131] During his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump again said that the Central Park Five were guilty and that their convictions should not have been vacated. Learn more about The Central Park Five, a film from Ken Burns, which tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a … Two other attorneys were included: Jules Martin, a former police officer and now New York University Vice President; and Stephen Hammerman, deputy police commissioner for legal affairs. [51], Each of the suspects had made different errors in time and place about the jogger attack in their confessions, with most placing it near the reservoir. He was considered the final of the six defendants in the jogger trial. Bring Back Our Police! Four of the five in the Meili case were convicted in 1990 of rape, assault, and other charges; one of these was convicted of attempted murder; one was convicted on lesser charges but as an adult. A biographical film about the acclaimed American humourist and author. It was not until 1:30 a.m. that night that a female jogger was found in the North Woods area of the park. Five teenagers (from left, Steven Lopez, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam and Michael Briscoe) with their lawyers in court for the Central Park jogger case in 1990. In 2003, the five men sued the City of New York for malicious prosecution, racial discrimination, and emotional distress; they reached a $41 million settlement with the city government in 2013, and an additional $3.9 million in monetary compensation from the state in 2016. "[64], Jurors who agreed to interviews after the trials said that they were not convinced by the youths' confessions, but were impressed by the physical evidence introduced by the prosecutors: semen, grass, dirt, and two hairs described as "consistent with" the victim's hair[7]:6 that were recovered from Richardson's underpants. The panel said there had been "no misconduct in the 1989 investigation of the Central Park jogger case."[101]. [8] Each youth said that he had only helped restrain the jogger, or touched her, while one or more others had raped her. Four of the teenagers in the Meili case served 6–7 years in juvenile facilities; one, sentenced as an adult, served 13 years. The majority appellate court decision upheld his conviction, noting that Salaam had initially lied to police about his age, claiming to be 16 and backing up his claim with a forged transit pass that, falsely, indicated that he was 16. The police arrested additional suspects over 48 hours after the night of April 19 and interrogated numerous others. [130], Donald Trump also returned to the media, writing a 2014 opinion article for the New York Daily News. The “Central Park Five,” as PBS documentarian Ken Burns has dubbed them, aren’t exactly Emmett Till (as Burns would have you believe). In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. This page was last edited on 5 April 2021, at 18:50. "[75][101] The panel was chaired by attorney Michael F. Armstrong, the former chief counsel to the Knapp Commission, which in 1972 had documented widespread corruption in the NYPD. None of the three defense attorneys cross-examined her. 16 talking about this. Search for "The Central Park Five" on Amazon.com, Title: He had denied any knowledge of the rape in his videotaped confession, but was implicated by other defendants' statements. After her discovery, the police increased the intensity of their effort to identify suspects in this attack and took more teenagers into custody. [7][65] Wise was convicted of lesser charges of sexual abuse, assault, and riot in the attack on the female jogger and on Loughlin. 's office to explain themselves. [citation needed] Since 1989, New York and some 24 other states have passed laws requiring "electronic records of full interrogations". In addition to having had difficulty getting employment or renting housing, as registered offenders, they had been required to report to authorities in person every three months. Michael F. Armstrong, et al. After further investigation, he was never indicted, and all charges were dismissed against him on October 31, 1989. ... How can our great society tolerate the continued brutalization of its citizens by crazed misfits? The five men sued the city for discrimination and emotional distress; the city settled in 2014 for $41 million. [71] He serves as a criminal justice advocate with the Innocence Project and spoke in New York to audiences with Richardson and Salaam to advocate passage of the New York State justice reform law that passed in 2017. He said the settlement was "a disgrace", and that the men were likely guilty: "Settling doesn't mean innocence. Antron McCray was sentenced to 5–10 years in juvenile detention. No. [7], Reyes' confession occurred after the statute of limitations had passed and the Central Park Five had already served their sentences. [147], The New York Times continued to report on the case, and followed up on prosecution of suspects. Gerald Malone and Patricia Dean, riding on a tandem bike, were attacked on East Drive south of 102nd Street about 9:15 p.m. by boys who tried to stop them and grab Dean; the couple called police after reaching a call box. The jogger was not identified for about 24 hours, and it took days for the police to retrace her movements of that night. [8][60] Salaam and McCray were 15 years old, and Santana 14 years old, at the time of the crime. 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