Central Park jogger case

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The Central Park jogger case was a highly publicized 1989 New York City criminal case in which five Black and Latino teenagers were wrongfully convicted of assaulting and raping a jogger in Central Park, becoming a symbol of racial injustice and wrongful conviction in the U.S. justice system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal case ⓘ
legal case in the United States ⓘ
wrongful conviction case ⓘ
actualPerpetrator East Side Rapist Matias Reyes ⓘ
Matias Reyes ⓘ
ageGroupOfAccused teenagers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Central Park Five case ⓘ
Central Park rape case ⓘ
charge assault ⓘ
attempted murder ⓘ
rape ⓘ
riot ⓘ
robbery ⓘ
cityGovernmentInvolved New York City government ⓘ
compensation civil settlement with New York City ⓘ
compensationAmount 41 million US dollars ⓘ
convictionStatus overturned ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
DNAEvidenceResult did not match the five teenagers ⓘ
matched Matias Reyes ⓘ
ethnicityOfAccused Black ⓘ
Latino ⓘ
evidenceType DNA evidence ⓘ
coerced confessions ⓘ
exoneratedPerson Antron McCray ⓘ
Kevin Richardson ⓘ
Korey Wise ⓘ
Raymond Santana ⓘ
Yusef Salaam ⓘ
hasAdaptation documentary film The Central Park Five ⓘ
television miniseries When They See Us ⓘ
linked to: When They See Us
hasLocation Central Park ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
hasParticipant Antron McCray ⓘ
Kevin Richardson ⓘ
Korey Wise ⓘ
Raymond Santana ⓘ
Yusef Salaam ⓘ
influenced debate on juvenile justice ⓘ
debate on police interrogation practices ⓘ
public discussion of systemic racism ⓘ
jurisdiction New York City ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
legalOutcome conviction later vacated ⓘ
wrongful conviction ⓘ
mainEvent assault of Trisha Meili ⓘ
rape of a female jogger ⓘ
mediaCoverage highly publicized ⓘ
sensationalized press coverage ⓘ
notableAspect confessions obtained without lawyers present ⓘ
involved juvenile suspects ⓘ
used as example in discussions of false confessions ⓘ
perpetratorInitiallyIdentifiedAs Antron McCray ⓘ
Kevin Richardson ⓘ
Korey Wise ⓘ
Raymond Santana ⓘ
Yusef Salaam ⓘ
pointInTime 1989-04-19 ⓘ
policeDepartmentInvolved New York City Police Department ⓘ
prosecutorOfficeInvolved Manhattan District Attorney's Office ⓘ
socialIssue coerced confessions of minors ⓘ
police misconduct ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
wrongful conviction ⓘ
startTime 1989 ⓘ
symbolOf racial injustice in the U.S. justice system ⓘ
wrongful conviction in the United States ⓘ
timePeriod late 1980s ⓘ
victim Trisha Meili ⓘ
female jogger in Central Park ⓘ

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When They See Us → basedOn → Central Park jogger case ⓘ
National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary → hasNotableRecipient → The Central Park Five ⓘ
linked to: Central Park jogger case
Sarah Burns → notableWork → The Central Park Five ⓘ
linked to: Central Park jogger case
Yusef Salaam → exoneratedIn → Central Park jogger case ⓘ
Yusef Salaam → partOf → Central Park Five ⓘ
linked to: Central Park jogger case
Central Park jogger case → alsoKnownAs → Central Park Five case ⓘ
linked to: Central Park jogger case
Central Park jogger case → alsoKnownAs → Central Park rape case ⓘ
linked to: Central Park jogger case
Antron McCray → case → Central Park jogger case ⓘ
Raymond Santana → notableFor → Central Park jogger case ⓘ
Raymond Santana → exoneratedIn → Central Park jogger case ⓘ
Korey Wise → participantIn → Central Park jogger case ⓘ