Central Park Five

The Central Park Five refers to five Black and Latino teenagers wrongly convicted of assaulting and assaulting a woman in Central Park, New York City, in 1989. They were coerced into giving false confessions, and DNA evidence later proved their innocence. After spending years in prison, their convictions were vacated in 2002, highlighting issues of racial bias and flawed justice processes. Their case drew national attention and sparked discussions about race, police misconduct, and wrongful convictions.