15 Criminal Cases That Changed the Way America Saw Justice
15 Criminal Cases That Changed the Way America Saw Justice - History Collection
6. The Central Park Five (1989)
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In 1989, five Black and Hispanic teenagers—Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise—were wrongfully convicted of the assault and rape of a white jogger in New York City’s Central...