A Central Park entrance was renamed the 'Gate of the Exonerated' in honor of the 'Exonerated Five': the five men wrongfully convicted in the 1989 rape of a Central Park jogger.
December 19, 2022, 12:24 PMYusef Salaam, left, one of five men exonerated after being wrongfully convicted for the 1989 rape of a jogger in Central Park, looks at the plaque with the words"Gate of the Exonerated," unveiled for the northeast gateway of Central Park, Dec. 19, 2022, in New York.
New York Mayor Eric Adams poses with the"Central Park Five" who were exonerated from a criminal case from 1989. One of New York's Central Park entrance was named the"Gate of the Exonerated" honoring the 5 men."The 'Exonerated Five' is the American Black boy, man, story," New York City Mayor Eric Adams said at the gate unveiling as some of the exonerated men looked on.
Five Black and Latino teens -- Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Santana and Korey Wise -- were taken into custody, hounded in police interrogations and ultimately gave false confessions.
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