The Democratic National Convention roared on Thursday in support of the Exonerated Five, five Black and Latino teenagers who were accused in 1989 of a brutal attack on a White investment banker in New York City's Central Park.
Trisha Meili was found with severe trauma and rape injuries and left in a coma. Five teenagers — Antron McCray, 15; Kevin Richardson, 15; Yusef Salaam, 15; Raymond Santana, 14; and Korey Wise, 16 — were arrested, convicted and sentenced to prison in the case.
DNA evidence would later exonerate them...