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Exonerated ‘Central Park Five’ member Yusef Salaam wins New York City Council seat
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The victory comes more than two decades after DNA evidence was used to overturn the convictions of Salaam and four other men in the infamous rape case.
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Exonerated ‘Central Park Five' member set to win NYC council seat in local elections
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Exonerated ‘Central Park Five’ member Yusef Salaam wins New York City Council seat
Exonerated “Central Park Five” member Yusef Salaam is poised to win a seat Tuesday on the New York City Council, marking a stunning reversal of fortune for a political newcomer who was wrongly imprisoned as a teenager in the infamous rape case.
Exonerated “Central Park Five” member Yusef Salaam is poised to win a seat Tuesday on the New York City Council, marking a stunning reversal of fortune for a political newcomer who was wrongly imprisoned as a teenager in the infamous rape case.
Yusef Salaam was one of five Black and Latino teens who were wrongly imprisoned for raping a jogger in 1989 before their convictions were overturned in 2002.
The victory comes more than two decades after DNA evidence was used to overturn the convictions of Salaam and four other men in the infamous rape case.
Exonerated "Central Park Five" member Yusef Salaam has won a seat on the New York City Council, decades after he was wrongly imprisoned as a teen in an infamous rape case.
Yusef Salaam, a member of the "Central Park Five" who was wrongly imprisoned in a high-profile rape case in 1989, has won a seat on the New York Council after being exonerated.
