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    In 2014, New York paid the largest compensation for a wrongful conviction in its history, amounting to $44.5 million, a case dating back to 1989, in which 5 children were randomly arrestedd in Central Park, accuseed of rapiing a white woman, and sentenced to prison terms ranging from 5 to 16 years.


    In 2014, New York paid the largest compensation for a wrongful conviction in its history, amounting to $44.5 million, a case dating back to 1989, in which 5 children were randomly arrestedd in Central Park, accuseed of rapiing a white woman, and sentenced to prison terms ranging from 5 to 16 years.

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    1. HobbesNJ on

      Back in 1989 Donald Trump took out full-page ads in the local newspapers calling for the death penalty for these guys. This was while the trial was going on. Then, even after they were exonerated he still thinks they are guilty and refuses to apologize.

      He’s a racist prick.

    2. KHS__ on

      The fuck? So just picked 5 black kids & sentenced them to jail???

      Just like that?? And nobody said anything back then???

    4. electact on

      The actual rapist, Matias Reyes, went on to commit multiple more rapes, including raping and murdering a woman while her three young children were locked in the next room.

      Even after he was arrested, these kids stayed in jail until he confessed because the police were so ‘certain’ of their guilt that they didn’t bother re-testing any of the evidence.

    5. Disco_la on

      Watch ‘When they see Us’ on Netflix if you haven’t. It’s a miniseries on this story. Some amazing performances. Your blood will boil.

    10. NickelPlatedEmperor on

      So many people made money off of these guys being locked up, including a prosecutor who, wrote a book and refuse to apologize

    11. br0b1wan on

      What’s with the double letters here. I thought there was something wrong with my vision

    12. Delicioso_Badger2619 on

      Interesting, I know Donald Trump just happened to live in New York around about that time – I wonder if he was involved in this in anyway?

    13. SeattleHasDied on

      So they were part of a group attacking/mugging people? Did they get charged with those crimes?

    15. amlyo on

      One wonders if the misoelling to persuade readers this is an organically made post.

    16. Only1Schematic on

      For many police, clearing the case is more important than solving the case. Exhibit A:

    18. yousefthewisee on

      The criminals who investigated and led the case knowing it was based on nonsense
      Linda Fairstein – Michael Sheehan – Robert Moran – Elisabeth Lederer – Robert Morgenthau – D-d Trunnp

    19. MrSunshineDespair on

      Yep. Then Hillary “super predator law” Clinton saw to it 2 generations of young POC men were sent to prison

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