The Central Park Five

by Burns, Sarah

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Title Statements

Full title :The Central Park Five / Sarah Burns.

Summary

An in-depth account of one of New York City's most notorious crimes. On April 20, 1989, the body of a woman is discovered in Central Park, her skull badly smashed. Within days, five black and Latino teenagers confess to her rape and beating. The ensuing media frenzy and hysterical public reaction is extraordinary. The young men are tried and convicted as adults, despite the fact that the teens quickly recant their inconsistent and inaccurate confessions and that no tests or eyewitness accounts tie any of them to the victim. They serve their complete sentences before another man, serial rapist Matias Reyes, confesses to the crime and is connected to it by DNA testing. Intertwining the stories of these five young men, the police officers, the district attorneys, the victim, and Reyes, author Burns unravels the forces that made both the crime and its prosecution possible.--From publisher description.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2011.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 240 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780307266149, 0307266141
oclc:ocn759473820
LC Classification:HV6568.N5
Dewey Decimal:364.15/3209227471

Subjects

Crimes violents -- New York (État) Criminal justice, Administration of Criminal justice, Administration of -- … Erreur judiciaire -- New York (État) Judicial error Judicial error -- New York (State) New York (State) -- New York Rape victims Rape victims -- New York (State) TRUE CRIME / General^LAW / Criminal Pro… Victimes de viol -- New York (État) Violent crimes Violent crimes -- New York (State)