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Man linked to Central Park Five rape case exonerated

By Misty Severi
Published July 25, 2022 10:01pm ET
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Man linked to Central Park Five rape case exonerated
A co-defendant associated with the “Central Park Five,” who were charged in the rape of a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989, was exonerated at a Manhattan courthouse on Monday. Chief Administrative Judge Ellen Biben tossed out the robbery conviction of Steven Lopez, now 48, making it the first exoneration under […]


A co-defendant associated with the “Central Park Five,” who were charged in the rape of a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989, was exonerated at a Manhattan courthouse on Monday.

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