The City of New York has reportedly agreed to pay $40 million to five men wrongfully convicted of raping a female jogger in Central Park 25 years ago. The five black and Latino men were convicted as teenagers. Media coverage at the time portrayed them as guilty and used racially coded terms to describe them. But their convictions were vacated in 2002 when the real rapist came forward and confessed, after the five had already served jail terms of up to 13 years. We’ll have more on the Central Park Five settlement after headlines.
New York City to Pay $40 Million to Wrongly Jailed Central Park Five
HeadlineJun 20, 2014