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Media Response

Season 1 Episode 1 | 1m 34s

The media response to the Central Park Jogger case was swift and prejudiced.

Extras
In Sept. 2012 the City of New York subpoenaed all the materials from the film.
Five teenagers from Harlem are wrongfully convicted of a brutal crime in 1989
Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and Dave McMahon discuss their film, Central Park Five
The Central Park Five talk about what the film means to them.
Five teenagers from Harlem are wrongfully convicted of a brutal crime in 1989
Film making has become a family business for Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and Dave McMahon.
The Central Park Five did not take a plea bargain.
Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon discuss the term, 'wilding.'
Even with the absence of any evidence, the five teenagers were detained.
Natalie Byfield discusses the horror of the death penalty.
Five teenagers from Harlem are wrongfully convicted of a brutal crime in 1989
En 1989, cinco adolescentes de Harlem son condenados injustamente por un crimen brutal.