Ken Burns brings 'Central Park Five' to light

Article here. Excerpt:

'Since its release last spring, Burns and his co-producers, daughter Sarah Burns and her husband David McMahon, as well as the five men whose convictions in the case were vacated, have traveled the country talking about the film and the as-yet-unsettled $250 million civil suit they brought against the City of New York in 2003.

The film has "taken on a life of its own," says Sarah. "We did our festival run, we did our theatrical release and now we're leading up to our broadcast, but we're also getting so many requests from law schools, high schools, colleges, community organizations, and churches who feel like they have a constituency that needs to know this story."
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One Latino and four African-American teenagers were arrested, confessed under duress and were convicted. The five served between seven and 13 years in prison. Their convictions were vacated after Matias Reyes, an imprisoned serial rapist, confessed in 2002, and DNA evidence linked him, and only him, to the crime.
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Salaam says he has dealt with the anger and bitterness, but believes resolution of the lawsuit is necessary for the five men to truly get their lives back. "It's a run-on sentence," he says. "There needs to be a period placed at the end for there to be a true moving-on."'

Those unfamiliar with this case can read about it on Wikipedia here.