The "Central Park Five" Case: Race, Crime, Media, and Justice

Harvard HLS

Prerequisite: Students who have taken Professor Jenkins' 1L reading group, The "Central Park Five" Case: Race, Crime, Media and Justice (1LRG), are not eligible to enroll in this seminar. Exam Type: No Exam In 1989, the New York Police Department arrested five Black and Latine teenagers for the brutal sexual assault of a White female jogger in Central Park. Known as the “Central Park Five,” the young men were vilified by politicians and the press, convicted by a jury, and…