ajnapoleon
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So don’t talk to the Central Park 5 only she could tell the story
She wanted her own movie
She thought Ava was ..... Oprah
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So don’t talk to the Central Park 5 only she could tell the story
She wanted her own movie
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This bytch needs to get her nose bridge smashed in by the end of that same book she shilling.
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Hope she dies violently and on video so I can laugh.
get these nets
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she's feeling that pressure from the doc.
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Former Central Park Five prosecutor Linda Fairstein has been dropped by her book publisher after renewed backlash over her role in the wrongful convictions of five black and Latino teens for the rape and beating of a jogger in 1989.
Long seen as an emblem of racial inequality in the U.S. legal system, the case found itself once again splashed on front-page headlines after the release of the Netflix miniseries When They See Us, directed by Ava DuVernay. The series, which documents the physical and emotional trauma the five young men and their families endured during six to 13 years of incarceration, was released in May.
Not long after its debut, the hashtag #CancelLindaFairstein began trending on social media platforms as part of a pressure campaign to de-platform the former prosecutor-turned-crime novelist.
Dutton, a boutique imprint under Penguin Books, confirmed in a statement to the Associated Press that the publisher had parted ways with Fairstein, a New York Times bestselling author who's published more a dozen books. Many of her novels a centered around a character named Alex Cooper, a sex crimes prosecutor working in Manhattan.
The author has also resigned from nonprofit boards amidst the fallout.
Now men, the five people at the center of the case—Kevin Richardson, Antron Mccray, Raymond Santana Jr., Korey Wise and Yusef Salaam—have also spoken out, describing how they believe they were railroaded by prosecutors and how the case has continued to have a negative, rippling effect in their lives. While the case was ongoing, Donald Trump, then a real-estate mogul, took out a full-page ad calling for the death penalty for the teens.
Their convictions were vacated in 2003, after Matias Reyes—an admitted killer who was already serving a life sentence for an unrelated crime—confessed to the rape and beating of the jogger. DNA evidence later confirmed his guilt.
In 2002, Fairstein defended the case and still insisted that the teens were guilty, despite the lack of evidence linking them to the assault.
"I think Reyes ran with that pack of kids," she said in an interview with The New Yorker. "He stayed longer when the others moved on. He completed the assault. I don't think there is a question in the minds of anyone present during the interrogation process that these five men were participants, not only in the other attacks that night but in the attack on the jogger. I watched more than thirty detectives—black, white, Hispanic guys who'd never met each other before—conduct a brilliant investigation."
In 2003, the five at the center of the case sued New York City for malicious prosecution, racial discrimination, and emotional distress and, after 10 years, received a $41 million settlement.
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Former Central Park Five prosecutor Linda Fairstein has been dropped by her book publisher after renewed backlash over her role in the wrongful convictions of five black and Latino teens for the rape and beating of a jogger in 1989.
Long seen as an emblem of racial inequality in the U.S. legal system, the case found itself once again splashed on front-page headlines after the release of the Netflix miniseries When They See Us, directed by Ava DuVernay. The series, which documents the physical and emotional trauma the five young men and their families endured during six to 13 years of incarceration, was released in May.
Not long after its debut, the hashtag #CancelLindaFairstein began trending on social media platforms as part of a pressure campaign to de-platform the former prosecutor-turned-crime novelist.
Dutton, a boutique imprint under Penguin Books, confirmed in a statement to the Associated Press that the publisher had parted ways with Fairstein, a New York Times bestselling author who's published more a dozen books. Many of her novels a centered around a character named Alex Cooper, a sex crimes prosecutor working in Manhattan.
The author has also resigned from nonprofit boards amidst the fallout.
Now men, the five people at the center of the case—Kevin Richardson, Antron Mccray, Raymond Santana Jr., Korey Wise and Yusef Salaam—have also spoken out, describing how they believe they were railroaded by prosecutors and how the case has continued to have a negative, rippling effect in their lives. While the case was ongoing, Donald Trump, then a real-estate mogul, took out a full-page ad calling for the death penalty for the teens.
Their convictions were vacated in 2003, after Matias Reyes—an admitted killer who was already serving a life sentence for an unrelated crime—confessed to the rape and beating of the jogger. DNA evidence later confirmed his guilt.
In 2002, Fairstein defended the case and still insisted that the teens were guilty, despite the lack of evidence linking them to the assault.
"I think Reyes ran with that pack of kids," she said in an interview with The New Yorker. "He stayed longer when the others moved on. He completed the assault. I don't think there is a question in the minds of anyone present during the interrogation process that these five men were participants, not only in the other attacks that night but in the attack on the jogger. I watched more than thirty detectives—black, white, Hispanic guys who'd never met each other before—conduct a brilliant investigation."
In 2003, the five at the center of the case sued New York City for malicious prosecution, racial discrimination, and emotional distress and, after 10 years, received a $41 million settlement.
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Hope that bytch gets kidnapped by a sadistic serial killer and is never seen again.
Absolutely RUINED the end of my teenage years because of some bullshyt fable.
Absolutely RUINED the end of my teenage years because of some bullshyt fable.
If she’s so adamant that they did everything right in the case, why not talk about it?
If you got nothing to hide and believe y’all conducted this thing without mistakes, shouldn’t be a need to hide.
You don’t want them to speak but you wanna tell YOUR “side”
Those guys’ stories NEVER changed (from their taped “confessions” on)
But they believe these guys were there and actually raped the woman or participated. My question is why was there only one set of DNA? Why force them to confess so quickly?
The story doesn’t even add up (the one they were TOLD to tell). You do a grave INJUSTICE to the woman, by being lazy. If justice was so important, why were they so lazy to put this case? I mean, we know why, but it’s troubling
If you got nothing to hide and believe y’all conducted this thing without mistakes, shouldn’t be a need to hide.
You don’t want them to speak but you wanna tell YOUR “side”
Those guys’ stories NEVER changed (from their taped “confessions” on)
But they believe these guys were there and actually raped the woman or participated. My question is why was there only one set of DNA? Why force them to confess so quickly?
The story doesn’t even add up (the one they were TOLD to tell). You do a grave INJUSTICE to the woman, by being lazy. If justice was so important, why were they so lazy to put this case? I mean, we know why, but it’s troubling
Exactly. When I read stories like these I find myself wondering if the "bad guy" is actually right..but it doesn't hold water. No way you only have one set of DNA in a situation where multiple men have their way with a woman. Doesn't make sense at allIf she’s so adamant that they did everything right in the case, why not talk about it?
If you got nothing to hide and believe y’all conducted this thing without mistakes, shouldn’t be a need to hide.
You don’t want them to speak but you wanna tell YOUR “side”
Those guys’ stories NEVER changed (from their taped “confessions” on)
But they believe these guys were there and actually raped the woman or participated. My question is why was there only one set of DNA? Why force them to confess so quickly?
The story doesn’t even add up (the one they were TOLD to tell). You do a grave INJUSTICE to the woman, by being lazy. If justice was so important, why were they so lazy to put this case? I mean, we know why, but it’s troubling