| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-228) and index. |
| Summary |
On April 20, 1989, the body of a woman is discovered in Central Park, her skull badly smashed. Within days, five black and Latino teenagers confess to her rape and beating. The ensuing media frenzy and hysterical public reaction is extraordinary. The young men are tried and convicted as adults, despite the fact that the teens quickly recant their inconsistent and inaccurate confessions and that no tests or eyewitness accounts tie any of them to the victim. They serve their complete sentences before another man, serial rapist Matias Reyes, confesses to the crime and is connected to it by DNA testing. Intertwining the stories of these five young men, the police officers, the district attorneys, the victim, and Reyes, author Burns unravels the forces that made both the crime and its prosecution possible. |
| Subject |
Rape victims -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Violent crimes -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Judicial error -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- New York (State) -- New York.
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| ISBN |
9780307266149: $25.95 |
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0307266141 |
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