Tag: Central Park Five

View of the New York state Capitol, Jan. 5, 2022, in Albany, N.Y. AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File

‘Right to Remain Silent’ bill passes assembly

May 30 | Ryan Schwach

Assembly passes “Right to Remain Silent” Act to protect minors’ rights, requiring...

People video New York City Police Department officers as they chant anti-NYPD slogans

NYC mayor vetoes bill expanding reporting of police stops, faces override by City Council

January 19 | Philip Marcelo, Associated Press

New York City’s mayor has vetoed legislation aimed at providing more...

The New York state Capitol

New York bill aims to help the wrongfully convicted. Prosecutors say it would aid the guilty, too

June 26 | Maysoon Khan, Associated Press/Report for America

People who have pleaded guilty to crimes they didn’t commit...

Central Park gate honors wrongly imprisoned ‘Exonerated 5’

December 20 | Ted Shaffrey and Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press

At a small patch of Central Park flanking New York’s...

Prosecutor Linda Fairstein, left, is shown during a news conference with former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau in New York in 1988. (AP Photo/Charles Wenzelberg, File)

Central Park Five prosecutor resigns from Vassar board after student outcry (Updated)

June 4 | Noah Goldberg

UPDATE (6:35 p.m.): Linda Fairstein, one of the lead prosecutors...