Central Park Five prosecutor resigns from Vassar board after student outcry (Updated)
UPDATE (6:35 p.m.): Linda Fairstein, one of the lead prosecutors in the Central Park Five case, and a member of the Board of Trustees at Vassar College, resigned from her position on the board Tuesday afternoon, according to the school’s president. “Linda Fairstein has resigned from the board, as of today. I am told that Ms. Fairstein felt that, given the recent widespread debate over her role in the Central Park case, she believed that her continuing as a board member would be harmful to Vassar,” said Elizabeth Bradley, the president of Vassar College.
Original story:
Students at Vassar College are calling for the removal of one of the lead prosecutors of the Central Park Five case from the school’s Board of Trustees, following the May 31 release of the new Netflix mini-series about the case.