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.
CAST
Craig Steven WilderSelf - Historian
LynNell HancockSelf - Journalist
Calvin O. Butts IIISelf - Reverend
Raymond Santana Sr.Self - Raymond's Father
Michael WarrenSelf - Lawyer
Natalie ByfieldSelf - Daily News
