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Subpoena

2m 49s

In 2003, a year after their convictions were vacated, the Central Park Five filed a civil rights lawsuit against the City of New York and the police officers and prosecutors who had worked towards their convictions. In September of 2012 the City of New York subpoenaed all the materials from the film. In February of 2013 the ruling squashed the subpoena in favor of Florentine Films.

Extras
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.'
Kevin Richardson and Raymond Santana discuss the manipulation of their interrogation.
Natalie Byfield discusses the horror of the death penalty.
The media response to the Central Park Jogger case was swift and prejudiced.
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.