going on about how, 'well, you have to call them alleged, even though they did it, but their moms will say they're good boys, never done anything wrong...' etc, etc., showing just how everyone in power from the mayor down was ready to railroad them without even going to trial. Kind of makes me think there should be some way for them to individually sue everyone who went around giving media interviews calling them guilty before the trial.

the falsely accused have been compensated although the money can't turn
the clock for them....terrible ordeal words can't describe well enough.

their teenage years, college or a trade school, falling in love at that age, etc. but it may give them some financial security to own a home and start a small business.

They are proof of institutional racism. Prisons are full of young men who were set up.

Let's hope that they now have enough money now to sue Linda Fairstein for her corruption and prosecutorial misconduct. I remember this case so well. It was on the NYC local news every day. After watching Ken Burns' documentary, it brought back so many memories. I remembered avoiding the park for months after it happened, and I remembered a sense of happiness and relief that I had when they arrested these young men. I now look back at these memories and for many the many years that these young men spent wrongfully incarcerated in the New York State Correctional System with a sense of deep shame and disgust. How could any of us know that they had the wrong people? It wasn't what they presented to the public at the time. I remember seeing the prosecutor on the television telling all of NYC that they could sleep easy because they had identified the perpetrators and that they were not going to get off. I cannot imagine being imprisoned for a crime that I didn't commit, and I am grateful that something like this has never happened to me. Malicious prosecution! Ms. Fairstein made a name and a career for herself after this case. It was her entree into the limelight. She left the DA's office, wrote many books, and made a great deal of money off of her conviction of the wrong people. I try not to wish ill on anyone, but I hope that karma pays a visit on her for her sins. The whole situation is tragic. Now if only the West Memphis Three could receive the same vindication.

the actual prosecutor in the case was Elizabeth Lederer.

Extensive New York Magazine article on the case...
http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/crimelaw/features/n_7836/index1.html

I'm trying to get a feel for this site. I rather prefer it to HuffPost, it seems to have a good group of people on here. Other sites seem to censor a lot, and now that the comenting system on HuffPost is tied to Facebook, it was time to say goodbye. Where can i find the key for the shorthand (n/t) on the site? Thanks much!

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Donald Trump slams NYC for $40M Central Park Five deal while convicted rapist maintains his guilt




http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/central-park-dad-40m-settlement-article-1.1837710

and had a tv show to "teach" others how to be a success. UGH

I wish NY'ers would run him out of town, his ego is the size of Kansas, he should head
on out in that direction..there's no room for it in NYC.