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Corporate Media Belatedly Apologizes For Its Failures In Central Park Five Case Coverage

Photo: YouTube Screenshots It took years for this statement to materialize: “I cannot and will not defend local media’s coverage of the Central Park ...

dedication of a Central Park gate for the group of men known as The Exonerated Five.

Gate of Exonerated Five Unveiled at Central Park

Photo: YouTube African drums could be heard loudly on Monday to celebrate the dedication of a Central Park gate for the group of men ...

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Wrongly Convicted Five: 20th Anniversary of Central Park Five’s Exoneration

Photo: Innocence Project Monday marked 20 years since Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise and I — now known as the Exonerated ...

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Book Review: Yusef Salaam’s Punching The Air

Yusef Salaam. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.   POWER OF LOVE: REVIEW: Punching the Air, By Ibi Zoboi and Dr. Yusef Salaam, of the exonerated five. ...

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CENTRAL PARK FIVE EXONEREE DR. YUSEF SALAAM WILL SPEAK AT LEHMAN COLLEGE ABOUT THE “WOLF PACK” NEW YORK PRESS

[New York News\Criminal Justice] On Nov. 21, Dr. Salaam, and New York Times Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist Jim Dwyer, will examine what went wrong, evaluate ...

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CENTRAL PARK FIVE, INNOCENCE PROJECT, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES PROMOTE PACKAGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS

[New York News\Criminal Justice Reform] Yusef Salaam and Kevin Richardson (Central Park Five) in a joint statement: “In the coming months, we will intensely ...

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Why All Cases Involving Linda Fairstein, Who Was “Wilding” In 1989, Must Be Reviewed

Fairstein—By any means necessary? Artwork: Jacqueline Luna Contact @whoyagonnacall    [Publisher’s Commentary]   In 1989 five boys were wrongly accused of raping a White woman ...

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CIRCLE OF SISTERS EXPO RETURNS TO JACOB JAVITS CONVENTION CENTER ON SEPTEMBER 7

[Entertainment News] The Jacob Javits Convention Center will host the annual Circle of Sisters Expo on Saturday, September 7. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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“When They See Us”: Queens DA Candidate Lancman Vows To Review Chanel Lewis’ Rape-and-Murder Conviction

Support grows for justice for Lewis. Two of the candidates for the district attorney position in Queens County have made it clear that they ...