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Exonerated Central Park Five Member Keynote Speaker for MLK Events at UW
January 28, 2021
Yusef Salaam
A member of the “Central Park Five” who was wrongfully convicted of raping a white female jogger in 1989 is the keynote speaker for the virtual Martin Luther King Jr. Days of Dialogue (MLK DOD) Feb. 8-12 at the University of Wyoming.
Yusef Salaam, who was 15 at the time, served six years and eight months in a juvenile facility before the five teenagers’ sentences were overturned in 2002. He will discuss the case and his work Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 5:30 p.m. The link to view the presentation will soon become available on the MLK DOD website.
Through this annual week of programming, UW celebrates the continuing impact of King’s life and ideals. The MLK DOD tradition is intended to expand institutional and community awareness about issues of diversity and social justice, to foster an inclusive community, and to empower individuals to act in solidarity with Black lives and marginalized communities, say Erin Olsen Pueblitz and Melanie Vigil, co-directors of this year’s event.
On April 19, 1989, a young white woman was brutally raped and left for dead in New York City’s Central Park. Five teenage boys -- four Black and one Latino -- were tried and convicted of the crime. The c
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Central Park jogger case
1989 crime in New York City
"Central Park Five" redirects here. For other uses, see Central Park Five (disambiguation).
| Central Park jogger case | |
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| Location | Central Park, New York City |
| Date | April 19, 1989 (1989-04-19) 9:00–10:00 p.m. (EDT) |
Attack type | Rape |
| Injured | Trisha Meili |
| Perpetrator | Matias Reyes |
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| Charges | |
| Sentence | Richardson, McCray, Salaam, Santana: 5–10 years in juvenile detention (paroled after 6–7 years) Wise: 15 years in prison (released after 13 years) |
| Litigation | |
The Central Park jogger case (sometimes termed the Central Park Five case) was a criminal case concerning the assault and rape of Trisha Meili, a woman who was running in Central Park in Manhattan, New York, on April 19, 1989.[1][2]Crime in New York City was peaking in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the crack epidemic surged.[3][4] On the night Meili was attacked, dozens of tee
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