Conviction of Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Kharey Wise who admitted to taking part in a wilding, but recanted their confessions after conviction; Confession of Matias Reyes, a convicted murderer and rapist, to the crime in January 2002; Investigation of Reyes...
But in 2002, the case re-opened when Matias Reyes, a serial rapist serving a prison sentence for other crimes, confessed as the sole attacker in the Central Park case. His DNA and his account of the attack matched the original evidence. A judge vacated the Central Park Five’s convictions...
While in an adult prison, he met convicted murderer and rapist Matias Reyes. Reyes would confess to being the real attacker of the Central Park jogger. After getting away with the crime in April 1989, Reyes went on to harm more women, including 24-year-old Lourdes Gonzalez, whom he raped...
(L-R) Antron McCray, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, and Korey Wise, all of whom served prison sentences after being wrongly convicted in the Central Park jogger case, pictured in New York in 2012. Charges Vacated After Shocking Confession In 2002 a convicted serial rapist an...
In 2002,the convictions of the five known as the “Central Park Five” were overturnedafter an imprisoned serial rapist, Matias Reyes, confessed to the 1989 rape and beating of a New York City woman. DNA linked Reyes to the rape, while none of the the five - who were aged 14 to 16...
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein has sued Netflix and film director Ava DuVernay over her portrayal in the streaming service's miniseries about the Central Park Five case, which sent five black and Latino teenagers to prison f
Did serial rapist Matias Reyes confess to the rape of the Central Park jogger because he'd found Jesus? This is what Matias Reyes claimed after he crossed paths with Korey Wise for a second time in the prison system. He said that he could sense Wise's pain and he decided to confess be...
An entryway to New York's Central Park has been dedicated to remember the injustice that imprisoned five Black and Latino teenagers.
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Linda Fairstein, the prosecutor from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office who took the lead in the Central Park Five case, has accused Ava DuVernay of defaming her and described the director's Netflix miniseries about the case, 'When They See Us,' as