Police, who had responded to calls that same night about groups of teens harassing people in the park, honed in on Raymond Santana, 14, Kevin Richardson, 14, Antron McCray, 15, Yusef Salaam, 15, and Kharey Wise, There was also no DNA evidence tying them to the scene of the crime.
Still, they were convicted and sentenced to prison - with terms ranging from five to 13 years - for the attack. It was only in that the boys were fully exonerated after serial rapist Matias Reyes admitted to the crime and investigators matched his DNA to that taken from the scene. A New York Magazine article written after that startling reversal summed up the Lederer's misguided, yet effective, case. Yet that broader picture -- which prosecution sources still emphasize is crucial to the guilt of the five in the jogger attack -- has a large flaw.
None of the seven other joggers and bicyclists who testified about other incidents was ever able to identify McCray, Richardson, Salaam, Santana, or Wise. According to that article, Lederer played a big role in the videotaped confessions that the boys made, which appear to show them confused and struggling to make up the story that investigators wanted, all so they could go home. Write to Josiah Bates at josiah. Prosecutors Linda Fairstein left and Elizabeth Lederer right are escorted from court after summations at lunchtime under heavy security against jeering demonstrators on August 06, By Josiah Bates.
Related Stories. America Needs to Get Back to Facts. Lederer said in a statement, "Given the nature of the recent publicity generated by the Netflix portrayal of the Central Park case, it is best for me not to renew my teaching application.
They were exonerated in after Matias Reyes confessed to the crimes, which was corroborated by DNA evidence. She endured a series of fallout for her role in Central Park Five, including being dropped by her publisher and resigning from the Vassar board of trustees.
She has previously worked in the labor racketeering unit investing organized crime in the construction industry, as well as in the sex crimes and career criminal units. Lederer brings several years of experience trying cases in these fields, and has taught trial practice and general litigation at various institutions. In , a man named Frank Chi watched a documentary about the Central Park Five and became enraged when he found out Lederer was still practicing. He started a petition to get her fired from Columbia Law School, which received over 5, signatures.
It really hit a nerve.
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