Coverage dated July 24, 2022 to July 25, 2022

Co-defendant of Central Park Five exonerated years later

Headline from WHAS Louisville

Steven Lopez was 15 when he was arrested along with five other Black and Latino teenagers in the notorious 1989 rape and assault on a Central Park jogger.

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  1. Local News 8

    Sixth defendant in Central Park jogger case to be exonerated (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Mark Morales, CNN A sixth man who was a co-defendant of the Central Park Five — a group of teens who were convicted of beating and raping a woman in the famed New York City landmark — is having his conviction overturned on Monday, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.

  2. Kokomo Tribune

    Co-defendant in Central Park jogger case to be exonerated (opens Kokomo Tribune)

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    Kokomo Tribune's feed description

    A co-defendant of the so-called “Central Park Five” is set to have his conviction on a related charge vacated. Steven Lopez was arrested along with five other Black and Latino

  3. FOX 5 New York

    Central Park jogger case: Co-defendant Steven Lopez exonerated (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    FOX 5 New York's feed description

    The conviction of a co-defendant of the so-called Central Park Five has been overturned. Steven Lopez had been convicted on a related charge along with five other Black and Latino teenagers in the notorious 1989 rape and assault on Central Park jogger Trisha Meili.

  4. Al Jazeera

    Sixth boy charged in 1989 Central Park jogger case is exonerated (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    New York judge says Steven Lopez’s guilty plea on charge related to notorious case was involuntary and unconstitutional.

  5. New York Times

    Sixth Teenager Charged in Central Park Jogger Case to Be Exonerated (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    Steven Lopez is expected to have a robbery charge linked to the 1989 attack cleared from his record.

  6. Tucson

    Co-defendant in Central Park jogger case is exonerated (opens Tucson)

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    Tucson's feed description

    A co-defendant of the so-called Central Park Five has had his conviction on a related charge overturned. Steven Lopez was exonerated Monday in response to requests by his attorney and

  7. WHAS Louisville

    Co-defendant of Central Park Five exonerated years later (opens WHAS Louisville)

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    WHAS Louisville's feed description

    Steven Lopez was 15 when he was arrested along with five other Black and Latino teenagers in the notorious 1989 rape and assault on a Central Park jogger.

  8. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Sixth boy charged in Central Park jogger case to be exonerated (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    NEW YORK — A long overlooked co-defendant of the Central Park Five, a group of teenagers who were wrongly convicted of raping a White woman out jogging in 1989 based

  9. Black Enterprise

    Central Park SIX: Man Who Was 6th Teen Wrongly Charged In Central Park Five Case Is Exonerated (opens Black Enterprise)

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    Black Enterprise's feed description

    Steven Lopez, a co-defendant of the Central Park Five was exonerated Monday. The other members of the Central Park Five were exonerated in 2002.

  10. NPR

    A 6th teenager charged in the 1989 Central Park jogger case is exonerated (opens NPR)

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    A co-defendant of the so-called Central Park Five, whose convictions in the notorious rape of a jogger were thrown out more than a decade later, had his conviction on a related charge overturned.

  11. Towleroad Gay News

    Sixth Boy Charged In Central Park Jogger Case Is Exonerated (opens Towleroad Gay News)

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    Towleroad Gay News's feed description

    By Jonathan Allen

  12. Rolling Stone

    Lesser-Known Central Park Five Co-Defendant Exonerated on Related Robbery Conviction (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Rolling Stone's feed description

    Steven Lopez avoided a rape charge by striking a plea deal just before his rape trial was set to begin

  13. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Sixth defendant in Central Park jogger case has been exonerated (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    By Mark Morales, CNN A sixth man who was a co-defendant of the Central Park Five — a group of Black and Hispanic teens who were convicted of beating and raping a woman in the famed New York City landmark — had his conviction overturned on Monday, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office…

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