The Central Park Five were Korey Wise, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Antron McCray, and Kevin Richardson, a group of Black and brown teenagers wrongfully accused of a brutal 1989 attack on a jogger in New York City. Between 14 and 16 years of age when they were arrested, they each served between 6 and 13 years in prison before the real attacker came forward in 2002.
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