POST: "'Bullpen therapy' for the Central Park Five," by Ronda Lee, published by the Huffington Post on February 13, 2015. (Ronda Lee is described as an "Attorney-Writer-Entrepreneur-HuffPost Blogger.")
(For latest coverage of the Lundy retrial:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/mark-lundy-murder-retrial)
GIST: "In 1989, a woman was brutally beaten and raped while jogging in Central Park. The police rounded up five teenage boys between the ages of 14 and 16, all African-American and Hispanic, and accused them. A media firestorm ensued, with the boys being vilified as the worst of humanity, deserving of death by electric chair. Donald Trump led the charge in assigning them guilt before the trial had even taken place, taking out full-page ads in several New York newspapers. Although none of the DNA or physical evidence supported the charges, they were convicted of the beating and rape of the Central Park jogger, who later was identified as Trisha Meili. The teenagers spent seven to 13 years in prison until another inmate, Matias Reyes, confessed. Reyes' DNA matched the semen from the rape of Trisha Meili and other rapes during that time. Despite DNA evidence exonerating the Central Park Five of wrongdoing, Donald Trump and others within the justice system continue to disparage them, alleging that they must be guilty of something, scientific evidence be damned!.........While the city and Donald Trump railed against the Central Park Five as despicable monsters, they instead have chosen to show forgiveness toward a system that is terribly flawed and in need of repair. Until we acknowledge that our criminal justice system is broken, miscarriages of justice on behalf of prosecutors abusing discretion and law enforcement acting without impunity will continue.""
The entire story can be found at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ronda-lee/bullpen-therapy-for-the-central-park-five_b_6647706.html
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