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 ...

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.

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 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.

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 ...

Kevin Richardson, one of the "Central Park Five" who was wrongfully convicted for a 1989 rape, spoke to students at Lubbock's Dunbar College Preparatory Academy in February 2022.

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.

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 ...

The story died in a few days; but to many it brought back memories of the 1989 Central Park Five, black and Hispanic boys in their mid-teens sentenced to prison for the rape of a young investment ...