Documentary Central Park Five was Directed by Kevin Burns,...

The documentary directed by Kevin Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon called Central Park Five was about the trials, prosecutions, and exonerations of five young men. On April 1989 a woman was found in Central Park of New York City after she had been brutally raped and beaten. She was taken to the hospital in critical condition, and later made a miraculous recovery having no memory of the event. Police arrested Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise—who were all minorities from lower socioeconomic classes and between the ages of 14 and 17—since they happened to be in the park that night causing a much lesser degree of trouble than what they were accused of. They went through long harsh interrogations and eventually gave false witness statements (that the detectives had provided for them) in desperation to go home. Despite having no physical evidence and the fact that boys had not been in any trouble with the police prior to this event, the coerced confessions lead to their arrests for the crime. All of them went to trial, were found guilty, and sentenced 5-15 years in either a juvenile or adult prison. After having their youths stolen and being dubbed the most heinous people in the city of New York for over seven years, Matius Reyes came forward and confessed for the crime. After reexamination it was obvious to many that this new confessor was the real criminal not the young men. They were soon exonerated and those who were still