After a $41,000,000 Settlement From NYC, the Central Park 5 Want $52,000,000 From the State
The Central Park Five—the five men wrongfully convicted of sexually assaulting and attempting to kill a white female jogger in New York City’s Central Park in 1989—are seeking $52 million from the state of New York in a wrongful-imprisonment claim, an amount that would be in addition to a $41 million settlement with New York City that they won in a civil rights suit in federal court, the New York Daily News reports.
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