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1:44Now PlayingCity of New York honors Central Park Five years after exoneration | USA TODAY
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1:44Now PlayingNew York City honored the five men wrongfully convicted of a 1989 rape with a gate in Central Park inscribed "Gate of the Exonerated.”
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New York City is honoring the Central Park Five, a group of men who were wrongfully convicted as teenagers of the 1989 rape of a jogger, with the naming of a gate at the park.
The project was unanimously approved by the city's Public Design Commission on Monday and plans to inscribe "Gate of the Exonerated" in sandstone on a perimeter wall at the north end of Central Park. The approval follows three years of discussions among community members, according to Central Park Conservancy member John Reddick.
Each member of the so-called Central Park Five, who are Black and Latino, spent six to 13 years in prison before being exonerated in 2002 after evidence linked convicted serial rapist and murderer Matias Reyes to the attack. The incident left a 28-year-old white victim with permanent damage and memory loss from the assault.
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