The Central Park Five

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, leading to their convictions being overturned. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, this is the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories and an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage of justice.

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  Antron McCray

  Self (voice)
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  Kevin Richardson

  Self
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  Yusef Salaam

  Self
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  Raymond Santana

  Self
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  Kharey Wise

  Self
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  Matias Reyes

  Self (archive footage)
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  Jim Dwyer

  Self - New York Times
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  Angela Black

  Self - Kevin's Sister
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  Ed Koch

  Self
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  David Dinkins

  Self - Former Mayor, New York