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Bookmark or Share- Yusef Salaam - Innocence ProjectYusef Salaam. On the night of April 19, 1989, a 28-year-old female jogger was brutally attacked and raped in New York’s Central Park. She was found unconscious with her skull fractured, her body temperature at 84 degrees, and 75 percent of her blood drained from her body.
- Yusef Salaam - WikipediaYusef Salaam (born 1974) is an American politician, motivational speaker, and activist serving as a member for New York City's 9th City Council district since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, Salaam was one of the Central Park Five who were wrongfully convicted of raping a woman in Central Park in 1989.
- Central Park 'Exonerated 5' Member Yusef Salaam Reflects On ... - NPRIn 1989, 15-year-old Yusef Salaam was one of five Black and Latino teenagers who were wrongly accused of assault and rape in the so-called Central Park jogger case. At the time of his 1990...
- Biography - Yusef SalaamHe regularly advocates for criminal justice reform, prison reform and the abolition of juvenile solitary confinement and capital punishment. Yusef was awarded an Honorary Doctorate (2014) and is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from President Barack Obama (2016).
- Central Park jogger case - WikipediaThe remaining five—Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise (known as the Central Park Five, later the Exonerated Five )—were convicted of the charged offenses and served sentences ranging from seven to thirteen years. [3] .
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