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Ava DuVernay on humanizing Central Park Five

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were wrongly accused of the brutal rape of a jogger in New York City’s Central Park. Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise became known as the Central Park Five. The boys were charged and convicted with no physical evidence implicating them. But in 2002, their convictions were overturned ... Read More »

“When They See Us”: Ava DuVernay tried to “humanize” Central Park Five

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were wrongly accused of the brutal rape of a jogger in New York City’s Central Park. Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise became known as the Central Park Five. The boys were charged and convicted with no physical evidence implicating them. But in 2002, their convictions were overturned ... Read More »

Trump pardons for accused war criminals?

President Trump may issue pardons to several Americans accused of committing war crimes. CBS News has learned the pardons could include an Army Green Beret charged with killing an unarmed Afghan and a former Blackwater security contractor accused of killing unarmed civilians. David Martin reports. Source Read More »