A co-defendant of the so-called "Central Park Five," whose convictions in a notorious 1989 rape were thrown out more than a decade later, is set to have his conviction on a related charge overturned.

With the Rev. Al Sharpton behind them, members of the exonerated Central Park Five, from left, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Korey Wise and Raymond Santana, address the Democratic National ...

NEW YORK -- One entrance to Central Park is getting a new name for the first time since the park opened in the late 1800s. The entrance will honor the exonerated five, formerly known as the ...

Yusef Salaam, left, one of five men exonerated after being wrongfully convicted for the 1989 rape of a jogger in Central Park, looks at the plaque with the words "Gate of the Exonerated," unveiled ...

The "Central Park Five," who are now all between the ages of 50 and 52, were wrongly convicted for a series of assaults that occurred in Central Park in New York City on April 19, 1989, according ...

The five men wrongly convicted and eventually exonerated in connection with a brutal, headline-grabbing 1989 rape got a standing-ovation welcome Sunday at the BET Awards in Los Angeles.

A sixth man indicted in the infamous 1989 Central Park rape case, Steven Lopez, is expected to have his conviction thrown out Monday, two decades after the exoneration of the Central Park 5.

Central Park Five. Taylor Hill/FilmMagic Wise still lives in New York City and is often asked to speak about his mistreatment. Through his work with the Innocence Project, Wise also advocates for ...

The Central Park Five talk about what the film means to them. The Central Park Five talk about what the film means to them, how they met Sarah Burns, and what the screenings have been like. The ...

An entrance to Central Park will be named the “Gate of the Exonerated” to honor the group of Black and Hispanic teens known as the “Central Park Five” who were wrongfully convicted of ...

Not one of the Central Park Five pleaded guilty, and none of the victims of the crime were killed. Additionally, Michael Bloomberg was not the mayor of New York in 1989.