She was found in the middle of the night — covered in blood, half-naked, and left in a ravine.Law enforcement quickly apprehended five juveniles — four of them black and one Hispanic — and tried them for assault, robbery, rape, riot, sexual abuse, and attempted murder. William LaForce Jr./NY Daily News Archive via Getty ImagesYusef Salaam, left, led away by a detective after being arrested in Central Park. Richardson, Santana, McCray, Yusef Salaam, and Wise were charged with attempted murder, rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, two counts of assault in the first degree, and riot in the first degree. Their convictions were vacated by New York County district attorney Robert M. Morgenthau in 2002. At that time a group of misbehaving teens were roaming the park as well. Five of the boys were arrested, tried, and convicted for the rape and assault largely based upon their own confessions. It's horrifying, okay? Unfortunately books like this, at least for me, tend to have the opposite effect. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE tells the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories and an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage of justice.It looks like we don't have a Synopsis for this title yet. Great read.

About The Central Park Five. I can see how you could jump to conclusions seeing as how these kids were running around rampant in the park that night but when I watched this documentary a few months ago and just finally got around to reading the book. It focuses on the racial aspects of the case and how it was portrayed in the media, as well as the general climate of NYC in the late 80s. Examination of a 22-year-old crime that resulted in wrongful convictions of five adolescents. The administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg fought the lawsuit for more than a decade, but his successor Bill de Blasio said his administration would work swiftly to … Chronicle of the Central Park Five case. Apr 03, 2012 | ISBN 9780307387981 Days later, I am still reeling. This story deeply explores this case and discusses the factors of race and class involved.

It was at this juncture that Meili’s horrific rape and assault was The following morning saw countless New Yorkers in a frenzy. Maybe they were innocent in the rape of the central park jogger but they were not saThis book was TOTALLY one sided. What didn’t make the headlines was the fact that the five boys (four under 16) that were tried and convicted of the heinous crime were all exonerated of that crime in 2003. May 17th 2011 A few small articles appeared in the mainstream press detailing this attack and others, but their number paled in comparison to the coverage of the Central Park Jogger case.”

I was young at the time so I had a vague memory of many of the events discussed, so it was very interesting to read about them more fully.

Highly recommend.Hard to call this a “good” book. It is obvious that the justice system failed these kids. The young men were often without their parents, though four of them were juveniles and Korey Wise, at sixteen, was hardly capable of protecting his own best interests in the interrogation room. The District Attorney was no better trying to make a name for herself with such a high profile case.

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