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It's been six months since
the boys were arrested

in the Central Park jogger case.

Police believe the gang
confronted her here,

then dragged her 200 feet into the
woods, where the assault took place.

... a 28-year-old woman,
hitting her with fists and rocks.

Four of them rape her and
leave her there, unconscious.

... two skull fractures,
extreme blood loss,

and hypothermia.

- ... pants were found near...
- She will not remember

that she was viciously
attacked and raped...

Doctors say the odds
the patient will recover

are still stacked against her.

"Details didn't matter because
there was no script.

They were coming downtown
from a world of crack,

welfare, guns, knives,
indifference, and ignorance.

They were coming from
a land of no fathers.

They were coming from the
wild province of the poor,

and driven by a collective fury

brimming with the
rippling energies of youth,

their minds teeming
with the violent images

of the streets in the movies.

They had only one goal:

to smash, hurt, rob, stomp, rape.

The enemies were rich."

And then...

I need another for emphasis.

Their enemies were white.

Go. Daily News has got a file
on these already. Gotta move. Go.

Some of the young men who have
been arrested in the attack,

so young as to be children, really,

told police they were
just out "wilding,"

and that's why so many
people are so amazed

at the tragedy of this occurrence.

"Wilding." New York City police say

that's new teenage slang
for rampaging in wolf packs,

attacking people just for the fun of it.

Today, seven of those teenagers

were arraigned on a
long list of charges,

including rape and attempted
murder. The case made headlines...

Simple and solemn, a makeshift memorial

sits by the side of a road in Central...

The victim, a 28-year-old
investment banker,

is out of a coma, but
remains in serious...

Some members of the
black community charge

that the arrests are a racially
motivated rush to judgment.

He's saying that this is racist.

I'm saying, let them
decide it in the courtroom

before they come out to
protest on the sidewalks.

And then what happened?

Only two of the suspects,
Antron McCray and Yusef Salaam,

have posted bail.

The other suspects were denied
bail today at a raucous hearing

that turned into a screaming match.

Korey Wise, the only
16-year-old of the pack,

will stay in holding at Rikers Island.

From atop Trump Tower,

New York's most flamboyant billionaire

- looks out over Central Park...
- And a pack of Newports.

... where police say a pack of teenagers

attacked a 28-year-old jogger.

You better believe
that I hate the people

that took this girl
and raped her brutally.

You better believe it.

Trump put his money where his mouth is

by taking out this full-page ad
in four New York City newspapers.

"Bring Back the Death Penalty."

Trump spent $85,000 on the ad...

How you been, man?

Holding it down.

Hey, Korey.

What's up, man?

You ready for today?

- What is it?
- Some pretrial...

- something. I don't...
- All right.

That's okay. I done that.

Just a step to get you to the big trial.

Y'all together in juvie?

Uh-huh. Yeah.

Um, but I'm out soon, so...

My mom's...

almost got the bail...

the bail money from church, so...

I wish I was, uh...

I wish I was in there with y'all.

When you turn 16?

La... Last year.

Last year.

Where Kane?

Yusef...

Um...

he got... he got bailed out...

a little while ago.

You know what he told me, though?

The only reason that you got...

you got caught up in all of this...

is 'cause you went down
there to the station with him.

To help him out, man.

To be there for him.

He's my friend.

Yeah.

Thanks for all your help, Reverend.

Yeah, thank you so much, truly.

We wouldn't have made bail without you.

My pleasure, honor, and duty.

We put together a little
fund for all the families.

There's a lot of folks
supporting these boys, know that.

Yeah, well, we appreciate that, but...

Yusef's case is not like the other boys.

They talked themselves into they mess.

That's not fair.

"Fair"?

Is there anything you would like to say?

Are you glad your son is home?

Ms. Salaam, are you
worried about the verdict?

Have you been in touch with
the parents of the other boys?

Do you have any response to Donald
Trump calling for the death penalty

for your son?

No peace! No justice!

What did you say?

Donald Trump is calling
for the death penalty.

- Mr. Trump...
- What did you say?!

... is a real estate hustler...

What did she say?

What did she say?

You watch them grow.

You know?

And you start to think
you did a good job.

You know?

- Girl, no.
- Listen,

if there was ever a time you
gonna drink, you need to drink now.

And I think sometimes a black may think

that they don't really have
the advantage or this or that,

but in actuality, today, currently,

it's a great...

I've said on occasion,

even about myself, if I
were starting off today,

I would love to be a
well-educated black,

because I really believe they do
have an actual advantage today.

What is a black?

I don't know.

But, hell, maybe he's right.

Sometimes you gotta ask yourself,

when is the white man gonna
get a break in this country?

Girl, don't make me laugh.

Huh!

They need to keep that bigot
off TV is what they need to do.

Don't worry about it.

His 15 minutes almost up.

They want to kill my son.

That devil...

That devil...

wants to kill my son.

You gonna take an ad out

about killing my son.

They gonna have to come for me first.

Better yet, I'll come for him.

Ain't nobody going nowhere.

I think this will be what
scholars call "a piece of cake."

Who are we dealing with?

Robert Burns. He's a
divorce lawyer in Harlem.

And when I tell you that's the
full extent of his practice,

that's the full extent of his practice.

Yusef.

- Hey.
- Hi.

- Good to see you, sister.
- You too.

It's gonna be okay.

- You know I got your back, right?
- You always have.

Always have.

Burns has no record of criminal law,

and he's representing
Yusef Salaam at the trial.

Next, we have Mickey Joseph,

a criminal defense lawyer
for the Legal Aid Society.

He'll defend Antron McCray.

- I know him.
- Yeah?

He's stronger than you think.

- So, Mr. Joseph, what's gonna happen...
- Mickey, please.

How would you feel if
I called you Mr. McCray?

Like an old fogey, right?

Yeah, I guess.

For Korey Wise, there's some guy
he's got named Colin Moore.

He's, I don't know, some kind of
activist. He's working pro bono.

I can't imagine how you feel
not having him by your side,

but I'm going to use everything
I know how to get him back to you.

You ever hear of this guy Peter Rivera?

Uh, there was an ADA in the
Bronx named Peter Rivera.

One and the same.
He's also a former cop,

and I have it on good authority
that he has political aspirations.

- And who is he representing?
- Santana.

Mr. Rivera?

- Mr. Santana.
- Nice to meet you.

The last guy they got repping
Kevin Richardson is Howard Diller.

You are such a good-looking family.

Maybe we should get you out there more,

show the public there's
nothing to worry about here.

- Can I help you up the... No? Okay.
- No, I'm fine.

I found something on him
we can use if it comes to that.

Like I said...

piece of cake.

Okay.

So, you see a couple of
bad suits and cheap haircuts

and you figure "game over"?

Let me tell you what I see.

Opportunity.

This is an opportunity
for every one of those guys

to make a name for themselves,

to be the victor in something
high-profile for once,

attention for once, respect for once.

So, don't underestimate
how that drives a person.

They are coming at it
with everything they got.

Well, we are too.

Okay, let's start with
the biggest challenge:

the admissions of guilt that the
boys made in the police station.

The judge ruled the confession
tapes are admissible.

Now, we all know they should be
interpreted as coercion and thrown out.

Unfortunately, that's not the
case, but there is some good news.

The DNA evidence from the
cervical swab is inconclusive,

which means that there
wasn't enough semen

present in the victim to test

and it cannot be
matched to anybody else.

Reports are that the
victim, Patricia Meili,

has no recollection of the incident.

So, there's no reason for the
prosecution to call her as a witness.

So, no physical evidence,

no eyewitness.

The people's case is weak.

That's some chickenshit.

Like hers is the only
one that's innocent.

- I didn't say he was.
- You didn't have to, Miss Thing,

'cause your shirt is saying it for you.

They said they found that woman's
hair in Kevin's underpants.

But of course we don't believe it.

But how are they saying that?

I mean, how are they gonna prove
something that didn't happen?

And can they say it in the news
like it's real with no proof?

I mean, I know they can, but...

can we do something about it?

They're saying they found hair that
looked like the victim's, ma'am.

Hair analysis is notoriously unreliable.

Hey, don't worry, we're
gonna get an expert

to challenge the science for Kevin.

Not only is there no physical evidence,

the confessions are
riddled with conflict.

A jury will see that.

We'll show that your boys were
coerced by law enforcement.

They will, 'cause my son, Ray, he
didn't even eat for a day and a half.

You know, I went to work

and I came back and they
were still going at him.

Okay?

And now, you know...

Well, he's in there still and
I ain't even got money for bail

- and I don't know how much...
- Ray.

- It's fine.
- Yeah, I'm sorry.

- It's okay.
- They told us

that Tron was coming home.

And promises for
cooperation are illegal.

This whole thing is illegal.

That's when we came towards the rape.

Who is "we"?

Me...

And...

Yes.

... ran in back of her
and she turned around...

Sounds like the damn
Emergency Broadcasting System.

That's what it sounds like when
you comply with the Bruton rule

during a five-defendant trial.

So, we got the tapes in,
but we can't use them.

Because they're all
implicating each other

and not themselves.

You know what we have to do here?

We have to separate the trials.

It tanks the gang narrative, though.

Not five trials. Two, maybe three.

We just have to find the
right combination of defendants

that requires the least
amount of editing of the tapes.

Good. Let's dig into it.

They're not gonna separate themselves.

We want a separate trial.

Well...

we all want separate trials.

Look, if the jury sees all
five of those boys together,

they're gonna think "wolf pack."

It's no good. I agree.

But the prosecution's never gonna
agree to five separate trials.

Yusef never made a tape.

He never signed a statement.

I got him out of there before
Fairstein and those cops could trap him.

So you're trying to say it's
our fault our boys are on tape?

- I didn't say that.
- No, don't say that.

- I didn't say that. I said...
- What you saying?

... our situations differ.

One thing we need to do more
of is control the narrative.

People like Al Sharpton
can help with that.

Oh, I don't know. I think it's a
mistake to make this about race.

- Sweet Jesus.
- What? Why?

Tell that to Trump.

- Exactly.
- Rivera.

Psst, Rivera, you wanna
just jump in there?

The DA at some point is gonna
want to talk about a deal.

I know you all want to believe
that your sons are innocent, but...

- My...
- They are!

We are innocent! We
ain't touch that lady.

We're innocent! We didn't do this!

You need to understand, all of you,

that this case was assigned

to Part 59 of the New
York State Supreme Court.

That's Galligan's court.

Why is that a big deal?

One, they didn't spin the wheel and...

Wait, what...

what type of law did
you say you practice?

I'm a divorce attorney.

I handled Sharonne's case.

Judge assignments are supposed
to happen by spinning a wheel,

so it's random.

They didn't do that with this
case. They gave it to Galligan.

Rikers Island,

they call it Galligan's Island.

Ten times out of nine,
he sides with the state.

They don't plan to lose this case.

Shit.

- Can they do that?
- It's already done.

But we're not.

We have useless tape,

we've lost our gang narrative,

we can't find DNA.

We have a sock.

Those little bastards shot
their wad into a sock,

thinking we wouldn't find it,

but we found it.

We have DNA. Good.

The match will nail this thing down.

How did the NYPD miss this?

Who cares? We have it now.

And the kicker is none of
the defense is aware yet.

So, we can test it
right before the trial.

Surprise!

Surprise.

... the accused Harlem teenagers,
most 14 or 15 years old.

Initial reports suggested they
were quiet kids from stable homes,

but neighbors now say some of the boys

had been bad for a while.

One of the boys, Kevin Richardson,
was an aspiring trumpet player.

Another boy, Antron McCray,

had dreams of becoming a
professional baseball player.

- The trial will finally get underway...
- Bobby, time to go home.

- Go see that wife of yours.
- ... Yusef Salaam,

Raymond Santana, and

- Antron McCray.
- Okay, Dave. See you tomorrow.

The jury selection took
an unusual length of time,

as there were over 500 potential jurors.

The violence and quality
of life in this city

is getting worse and worse every day.

- Hello?
- Hey.

- Hey. Everything okay?
- Yeah, yeah.

Just calling to let you know I
ain't gonna make it home tonight.

Dave got caught up with some mess.

So I'm gonna stay back
and work the double.

Okay.

You sure there's nobody else who can...

No. I'm gonna stay and do it.

Bobby, tomorrow's
the first day of trial.

Ain't like we don't need
the extra money, right?

All right, yeah.

Okay.

Yeah, look, I gotta
get back to work now.

I love you.

I love you too.

Bye.

He's probably out there
with a cab for us.

You know how he do sometimes.
I'll bet he's there at the gate.

Just watch. I bet he's there.

He ain't here.

He coming with us?

I don't know, baby. It's...

There's a lot going on right now, okay?

Everybody's just doing their best.

Come on.

In one of the most anticipated trials

in New York State history,

three of the attackers from
the Central Park jogger case

go before a Manhattan jury today.

Five teens are charged with
multiple criminal counts,

including rape, sexual
abuse, and assault.

All eyes are on District
Attorney Elizabeth Lederer,

who's representing the victim in
one of the most horrific crimes

this city has seen.

- Ms. Lederer, a moment!
- Ms. Lederer!

One question!

Protect the black youth!
Protect the black youth!

I'm here with Elombe and Nomsa Brath,

two of Harlem's most prominent
activists and community leaders.

We are here to assert the
position for the families

and many in our community

that there is injustice happening here.

Injustice occurred in that precinct
when young boys, underage boys,

were questioned without their parents,

and were coerced by
police and prosecutors

to make false confessions,
leading to where we are today.

We are here to point the finger
at the white press who have failed.

You have failed to
properly investigate this.

You have failed to ask
the right questions.

How do you feel about people
calling your son a rapist?

Why are you repeating this shit?

You don't know how we are
suffering. My son is innocent.

You don't know him. Don't
make presumptions about him.

You've been spoon-fed a story
and you've eaten it up.

- But we're not here for stories.
- That's right!

- We're here for the facts.
- That's right!

- For the truth.
- That's right!

And the facts are that these
boys are not a wolf pack.

They're not animals.

They're not thugs.

These boys, they are ours...

and we will fight for them.

Neat trick getting Galligan assigned.

Real magical.

And congratulations to you on
getting the trials separated.

Oh, do we get credit for that?

I'm sure it didn't have anything
to do with cutting those videos down

into nothing more than
a dog whistle, right?

We all knew you were the smart one.

You've done well for yourself.
You're starting in the lead.

Please...

do those kids you're so eager
to put into jail a favor.

Just give them a fair fight.

From now on, just fight
fair. That's all we ask.

Judge Galligan, thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury...

during this trial, you will
learn that the three defendants,

Yusef Salaam,

Antron McCray,

and Raymond Santana,

were among a group of 30 young men

who went into Central Park

to rob, beat, and attack
innocent New Yorkers.

I want to highlight something

that Ms. Lederer did
not say this morning.

None of the victims,

including Ms. Meili,

has identified my client

as a perpetrator in these crimes.

These defendants are
charged with the rape,

sodomy,

attempted murder,

assault,

and sexual abuse of Patricia Meili.

You will see video statements

from Antron McCray
and Raymond Santana,

where they describe in
detail how they participated

in the rape and attempted
murder of Ms. Meili.

And these tapes,

these written testaments, these...

are not as clean as the
state would have you believe.

And you will find out what
went into making those tapes.

These defendants told detectives

that Kevin Richardson
grabbed the jogger,

and while Kevin and
the jogger struggled,

Yusef stepped up and
hit her with a pipe.

The police decided to solve this case,

no matter what it meant to the
rights of a scared 14-year-old child.

Carefully collected evidence in
a thorough investigation by NYPD

will be presented to you that
will prove the guilt of this group

beyond a reasonable doubt.

During this NYPD investigation that
Ms. Lederer has described today,

where they scoured Central Park

for bodily fluids,

for blood, for rocks, for a pipe,

anything that might have my
client's fingerprints on it,

and they did not find one.

The only just verdict in this case

is a verdict of not
guilty on all counts.

Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the evidence in chief
against Raymond Santana

is a statement he made.

And I submit to you that
that statement was coerced.

And after you hear it,

I'm sure you'll see that the people
have failed to prove their case

against my client, Mr. Santana.

Thank you.

Is he serious?

Mr. Burns.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Uh...

Ladies and gentlemen,

the evidence...

Uh...

The evidence...

is going to show that...

until the body of the
female jogger was discovered,

the crimes which had
been committed and reported

to the police that night,

they weren't treated
with the same degree

of seriousness, of, uh...

of intensity

as the crime related to the white...

female jogger.

A lot of police became involved.

Sergeants, captains.

Brass.

And on the sidelines, you had the media,

which learned of the female rape victim

and that the suspects
were all black or Hispanic.

Conclusions were made.

Quickly.

And pursued in a vacuum.

There was a...

strong motivation to solve and
close this case as soon as possible.

So, in comes my client, okay?

Fifteen years old at the time.

Never been in a precinct
before under any circumstances.

And they work him.

And work him.

Until his mother comes down and
puts a stop to the interrogation.

It was neither a voluntary
statement nor a truthful one.

And the evidence to support it...

it isn't there.

Which leaves us room for...

reasonable doubt.

Thank you.

Ms. Lederer, first witness.

Oh, my God...

She was critically
ill and just barely alive.

What specific injuries did
you discover, Dr. Kurtz?

Many. She was suffering
from severe hypothermia

and she was bleeding actively when
she entered the emergency room.

Bleeding from what part
of her body, Doctor?

Her scalp.

The blood was from scalp
lacerations, for the most part.

Ms. Dean, what do you remember about

that night of April 19th, 1989?

Um...

I don't remember much, but I...

I do remember a...

group of boys.

And they were making these...

these animal sounds, like...

- grunting...
- Objection.

- Overruled.
- You were saying "grunting"?

So, my fiancé and I
were riding our bike

and this entire group of
kids just started heckling us,

and, I mean, I...

We were completely terrified.

Mr. Loughlin,

you reviewed a lineup with the
intention of identifying your assailant.

- Did you identify him?
- I did.

And that was number...
four in the lineup.

Is that correct?

I believe that is correct.

Is the person that you identified
in this courtroom today?

No.

Sorry. Could you repeat
that a little louder?

No.

Thank you, Mr. Loughlin.
No more questions, Your Honor.

I needed this DNA and
the sock to nail all this down.

It doesn't match.

So, five defendants, clean.

Their DNA isn't there.
It's not anywhere.

So, there must have
been another attacker.

One must have gotten away.

You honestly believe that?

I do if it helps a jury
believe what we know is true.

Okay, but our case is
built on the assertion

that these boys are the rapists,
not some sixth unknown boy.

So, we have semen in a sock and
it isn't theirs, any of them.

So, what are we doing here?

I'm the one who has
to sell this to a jury

and the whole city is
watching, hell, the country.

So, do you understand
what is happening here?

We've still got the cervical DNA.

Which was inconclusive.

Which means the five can't be ruled out.

Deal with the sock DNA results,
you know, play up the cervical DNA...

Are you listening to yourself?
You sound delusional.

You want me to pretend
that the sock never existed?

This is crossing a line.

What line, Elizabeth?

Where's the line for Patricia, huh?

I'm sick of this shit.
Where's the line for her?

Left for dead in the cold
in a pool of her own blood,

running out of her body minute
by minute in the fucking bushes.

She feels herself draining away.

Where's the line?

Huh?

Fucking city!

We hear something gruesome,
we grimace and we move on.

Well, not this time.

But these boys, Linda...

They were in the park beating people up

the same night that
she's getting beat up

and you're telling me they
had nothing to do with it?

Bullshit.

They said it themselves.

They told us what happened.

They were told.

Come on.

The eye sees, but it cannot see itself.

They couldn't see the whole
picture of how their one part fit

into the whole. That is all we did.

It's too late for this.

Like you said, the whole
country is watching.

They are watching you.

This is your opportunity.

Remember her.

The people call Patricia Meili.

Oh, Lord...

Oh, man...

What are you doing?

Praying she got her memory back.

Ms. Meili,

will you tell us what you remember

about April 19th, 1989?

I remember being at work.

And we had a meeting at lunch

with the entire

corporate finance department.

And I remember I had a
phone call at five o'clock

to cancel a dinner with a friend.

Do you recall what time
you left work on April 19th, 1989?

No, I do not.

Do you remember jogging in Central Park?

No.

Do you have any memory whatsoever

about what happened to you in the park

on April 19th, 1989?

No, I do not.

Ms. Meili, do you recognize
People's 33 in evidence?

That's my shirt.

Prior to April 19th, 1989,

what color was this shirt?

It was white.

And do you recognize People's 13?

Those are my running shoes.

Ms. Meili, as you sit here today,

do you suffer any lingering
injuries from your attack?

A few. Um...

I have trouble walking,

as you could see.

I have trouble with steps or stairs.

I have...

double vision.

And I have lost my sense of smell.

I can't smell anything.

Nothing further, Your Honor.

She didn't say it wasn't them.

How you doing, boy? Looking good.

You a'ight?

I'm okay.

Why aren't you home?

Trial's almost half over, and...

I ain't seen you once.

I mean, uh...

I'm just, you know...

I'm working on some things.

Taking care of some things
for, you know, for all of us.

Trust me?

Go on.

Here's some money for the
cab ride back and forth.

Wait... I thought...

You're not coming, huh?

Not today.

I love you.

We suggested, myself and
Detective Hildebrandt,

that maybe the mother...

It might be better off
if the mother could leave

and Mr. McCray could
stay inside the room.

And once Mrs. McCray left the
room, did Antron say anything?

Yeah, he admitted about
the female jogger,

about who was holding her down,

and about him getting on top
of her and penetrating her.

I never said that.

And what was Antron's
demeanor at this point?

His voice was low,

he was fidgeting, and, uh,
his eyes were tearing up.

He was crying.

No, he wasn't crying.

Your colleague Detective Gonzalez
testified that he was crying.

I didn't see that.

Hmm.

You testified that it
was Linda McCray's idea

to remove herself from
the interrogation room.

That's right.

But isn't it the fact that...

that was your idea?

Yours and Detective Gonzalez'?

We all decided together.

Detective Gonzalez testified
that Antron told him

that he had penetrated the jogger,

but you just told the DA that
Antron was very clear with you

that he did not penetrate her.

So, which is it, Detective?

Because both of you
can't be telling the truth.

- Objection, argumentative.
- He ain't did nothing!

Thank you.

Order! Order! Sustained.

And because neither you
nor Detective Gonzalez

kept any notes of the interview,

I guess we'll just never
know why a 14-year-old

went from saying that he had
never heard of a rape in the park

to allegedly confessing to it.

Is that a question?

Isn't it true that you promised
Antron McCray that he could go home

if he would just give you a statement?

All we did was ask Mr. McCray
what happened, and he told us.

But you have no notes of the
many times that he told you

he had nothing to do with it.

No.

Just to be clear...

he told you multiple
times that he didn't do it.

He may have.

- Multiple times?
- Multiple times.

Yes.

Mr. McCray claimed to be innocent.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Is it okay if I sit with Raymond
before they take him into Holding?

Sure.

A'ight, here's the plan: you take
out the guards, I steal us a car,

we'd be in Mexico in a few days.

I mean, you speak Spanish, right?

I can say "tacos."

That count?

Man...

I want to sleep in my own bed so bad.

I want to go home.

My dad don't even come to court no more.

He say he knows what's
gonna happen, he's sorry.

That's what everybody's saying, man.

It ain't looking good for us.

Don't think like that.

If we don't believe,
man, we already lost.

And as for the cervical swab,

the semen sample
recovered from the body,

were you able to recover a DNA sample?

That's the pattern I informed the
district attorney was very faint.

And based on your visual
observation of those two bands,

would you agree that the DNA pattern

is different than that
of Antron McCray's?

Yes.

And did you find any trace
of Antron McCray's DNA

anywhere on the scene?

No, but we only tested the
cervical swab and the sock.

Agent, were you asked to test a sample

on a sock recovered at the scene?

Yes, sir.

And what kind of sample was present?

There was a semen on the sock.

A semen, singular?

Yes.

And would you say that your
findings are conclusive?

Yes.

Based on your analysis of that sock,

does the DNA present match
that of Antron McCray?

No. It was not his.

Does the DNA from that sample match any

of the DNA patterns of the defendants?

No.

I told you!

- Order!
- They didn't touch her!

Order!

Order!

Order!

- Elizabeth.
- Michael.

Did you call me here to apologize?

Apologize for what?

You saying that the DNA evidence

was inconclusive.
That's not playing fair.

Fair?

What's that word mean, anyway?

I don't know, something to
do with justice, I think.

It's no longer about justice, Counselor.

It's about politics.

And politics is about survival.

And there's nothing fair about survival.

Survival at what cost?

Those boys don't deserve
to pay the price...

I'm not interested in

- having a philosophical...
- Then what are you interested in?

- I asked you here to talk about a deal.
- Why am I here?

The prosecution has a huge problem

with its physical case,
and they know it.

It's the only reason they're willing
to talk about a plea deal, but...

it has to be all three of you.

If we all plead guilty
now, you will do time,

but it is a fraction of the time

you'll do if we see this thing
through to the end

and it doesn't go our way. It's
something we have to consider.

- This is good news.
- Wait. Wait. Wait.

We gotta be careful. It's all
gonna come down to those tapes.

If the tapes clearly show
our boys being coerced,

it's a huge advantage to us.

This case could still go either way.

We didn't do this.

No.

I don't think we should admit
to something that we didn't do.

Yusef is right.

Not gonna do this.

Okay.

So...

we keep fighting.

When Raymond said "I was kneeling"
when he was feeling her breasts,

did you look to see if there
was any mud on his pants?

No.

Did you make any notations
about there being...

mud on the pants?

No.

Oh.

One more thing.

Raymond placed the rape in the
wrong part of the park. Am I correct?

Objection, leading.

You'll answer.

Santana put the rape elsewhere.

Where?

Where "elsewhere," Detective?

There's a lot at stake for this
boy and I want you to be specific.

We don't need the commentary,
Mr. Rivera. You'll answer.

He put the rape down there.

Not...

where it took place.

No.

No further questions, Your Honor.

Glad you could join us.

Ms. Lederer.

The people rest, Your Honor.

She was raped and beaten so severely,

she lost all memory of the attack.

It's been a back-and-forth trial

and so much is riding on
these taped statements.

If what we're hearing is
true about those tapes,

those boys will need a
miracle to convince a jury.

Hey.

Protect black youth!
Protect black youth!

Protect black youth! Protect
black youth! Protect black youth!

No justice, no peace!

No justice, no peace!

- No justice, no peace!
- We love you, Tron!

No justice, no peace!

No justice, no peace!

No justice, no peace!

No justice, no peace!

No justice, no peace!

They were framed!

They were framed! They were framed!

They were framed! They were framed!

They were framed! They were framed!

Hey.

"Hey"?

'Cause you didn't wanna show up!

You didn't wanna show
up for half of my trial!

Now you're trying to come
here and play the hero?

I can make this right, Tron...

Have you ever thought
about what would happen

if you went up there
and say the wrong thing?

This is my life.

This is my life.

I know what's happening.

I know why you're leaving us.

Ain't nobody ever blamed
you for any of this.

I blame myself.

Did there come a time when
you left the room with the police?

Uh, yeah. Yes.

And what did they say then?

They said, um...

if my son didn't cooperate
that he was going to go to jail,

and then they said I
should go back in the room

and talk to him alone,

without my wife.

And what did you say to Antron?

I told him that I knew he
was telling the truth...

but he gonna need to
say what they wanna hear

so that we can get
outta here and go home.

I was trying to protect him.

Help him.

Trying to save him.

And what did Antron say?

He said, "Dad,

I wasn't there.

I'm not gonna lie."

What happened then, Mr. McCray?

I lost it.

Threw a chair.

I was trying to get him to lie.

And then the police came back in
the room and I looked at my son,

I told him to tell them
what they want to hear.

I thought, I'm trying
to keep him out of jail.

Know what I'm saying? It's
hard to come back from that. I...

Thank you, Mr. McCray.

No further questions, Your Honor.

You threw a chair?

Must have been pretty angry.

Out of control.

I was trying to get my son to lie.

But when the taping began,
you didn't say anything like,

"This is nonsense. I'm not gonna
let my kid answer these questions."

They had told us

if we cooperate,

he would be a witness.

They told us we could go home.

Do you honestly expect us to believe

that after your son signed a statement

admitting that he had
beaten people in a park,

that he had been on top of a woman,

that he had held her down
while people raped her,

did you honestly believe that he
was gonna be allowed to go home?

Yeah.

Yes, I did.

After we received that
promise from the police.

Do you believe, Mr. McCray, that...

it's okay to lie to protect your family?

Is that something that
you would teach your son?

Yeah.

Look, he didn't do this.

But you weren't in
the park on April 19th,

so you have no way
of knowing that. Do you?

I know my son, all right?

Antron ain't no liar.

That's right.

If he say he ain't touched that
woman, he ain't touched that woman.

So we can trust his words?

Yeah. Yes, you can.

Well, fortunately, we have his words.

On tape.

Saying that he did.

Nothing further, Your Honor.

Thank you, Mr. Joseph.

I know you did your best.

This is not over yet, Antron.

There was no solid evidence

linking the defendants to the crime,

no fingerprints, no blood matches.

The prosecution's strongest
weapon will come

from the teenagers themselves

in written and taped confessions.

Defense lawyers argued the teenagers
were pressured into confessing,

that they were victims
of a biased legal system

anxious to solve a crime
against a white woman.

That debate could go on,

as two other teenagers
also charged with the rape

prepare for trial.

So on the night of April 19th,
when you entered the park...

did you see... hit her in the head?

Nah.

I heard it.

Actually, uh...

I, uh...

I seen it.

Who else had sex with her
besides Kevin Richardson?

Uh...

I didn't see anybody else on top, uh...

have sex.

Just him.

Then you got on top of her?

But my penis wasn't in her.

I just... I got on top of her.

For show. You know?

And when he was on
top of her having sex,

how were you able to put
your hands on her breasts?

I was kneeling

to...

Me, Kevin,

and...

I don't know the other ones.

The only ones who did it
different was me and Yusef.

Me and Yusef.

Me and Yusef was just playing with her.

I felt bad.

I felt bad.

This is my... This
is my first extreme...

I did to any...

any kind of female.

Or...

This is my first rape.

This is my first experience,
this will be my last.

Were you trying to touch her?

Not... Not really.

Didn't you tell police earlier today

that you had tried to grab her

- and that's when you got scratched?
- Um...

No, no, not like...

Like, not, like, feeling her up.

Okay, not like that.

No, like, um...

I was trying to stop it.

But you tried. You...

Like, I tried to grab her arm.

- You tried to grab her arms.
- Uh...

I was, uh...

I was trying to stop them.

And how many times did he slap you?

Uh, three times.

And what did you do?

I just took him serious.

I had no choice but to
take him serious 'cause...

Hartigan said I could go home
if I said I was at the rape.

You didn't want to say it,

but you did.

Why did you say something
that wasn't true, Korey?

They said... They said if I was there,

and if I went along with
it, that I could go home.

And that's all I wanted.

That's all I wanted, was to go home.

That's all I still want.

No further questions, Your Honor.

So that punching gesture that
you're making in the video,

right, demonstrating how
the boys punched the jogger,

did the police make you do that on tape?

Punching with both your fists?

Somehow.

They tell you that you
were supposed to do that?

W... They was yelling at me.

They was screaming at me
and hitting on me, so I...

I figured I'd tell
them what they wanted.

If I tell them what they wanted, I
could go home. So that's what I did.

In your statement, did
the police make you say

that you hit her in
the head with a pipe?

Is that... That's what it says?

Is that your signature on the page?

Permission to approach
the witness, Your Honor?

Is that your signature on your page?

Yeah. Yeah.

And above that, what
does the statement say?

Read the statement.

What does the statement say?

- Read what the sentence says.
- I can't read well.

- I can't read very well.
- Can you try to read it?

- I said I can't read very well.
- Just read what the sentence says.

What's wrong with this woman?

I said I can't read well.
She pushing on me.

Can you read any of the words?

Uh, maybe.

Maybe. I don't know. I can't...

Above your name, does it
say, "This statement is true"?

I don't know what it says
'cause I ain't write it.

So I don't know what it
says. I ain't write it.

Did you skip school

on April 19th, 1989?

- Yeah.
- And isn't it true that

you were truant from school
before this date, April 19th, 1989?

"Truant"?

That means you skipped school.

- I had a reason.
- You skipped a lot of school?

- Is that right?
- Objection.

Asked and answered.

Overruled. You can answer.

I had a reason. I was
threatened in school.

That's why.

What's that... What's
that have to do my case?

And is that the reason that you
skipped school for all of April 1989?

What does that have to do with my case?

You're here to answer questions.

I don't want to answer
her questions anymore,

answering a question's what got
me here in the first place. So I...

- I don't want to answer her questions.
- Answer the question.

Why I gotta answer your questions?

He already answered!

What does that have to do with my case?

Get them out of here!

What does that have to do with my case?

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury...

these boys...

they had their fun in Central
Park on April 19th, 1989.

Today, they have no one
to blame but themselves.

They were acting in concert

with one another and others in the park.

They committed the vicious
attack on Patricia Meili

and the brutal beating
of Loughlin and Lewis.

Not one person has
walked into this courtroom

and said that Antron McCray
attacked Patricia Meili.

Or anyone, for that matter.

There is not one shred of physical
or scientific evidence that proves

that Antron McCray committed these
crimes or any crimes whatsoever.

All the police had to do

was make one and one equal two.

So detectives, they start talking,

asking questions.

To kids.

Who have not had any food,

who've not been allowed to sleep.

And they questioned them for hours

and hours

and hours.

Then even more hours.

You seemed to have a hard time
watching the confession tapes.

But if you watch closely
and watch for yourself,

you will see the truth, and you did.

The evidence...

is so conflicting.

Emotions have run so high.

And...

there are racial overtones

that even the blind
Lady Justice can see.

Acting with an entire group
of more than 30 people,

they went wild in the park,

beating, kicking,

using bricks and stones,

striking anybody they could find.

They admitted all of this

in their written and taped
statements to police.

You saw Patricia Meili's
shirt soaked in blood,

but there is not one drop of blood
on Antron's clothes, not one drop.

Why?

Because Antron is
innocent of these crimes.

Why was there no blood on
the defendant's clothing?

Because Patricia lost most
of her blood from head wounds.

They didn't come in
contact with her head.

They were on top of her
pelvic area and her torso.

Imagine the frenzy of these teenagers

as they were gathering around her,

reaching hands to grab her,
ripping off her clothes.

In the chaos, are you
surprised that the defendants,

when they were questioned,
don't remember the exact details?

And just because there is DNA evidence

that someone else was
present at the scene,

that doesn't mean that these
defendants are innocent.

They can still be guilty
of rape under the law.

If they were present,

if they did nothing to stop her agony,

then they are guilty.

You watch them grow.

And you start to think
you did a good job.

And then one night...

you look away.

One night.

Kevin Richardson...

please stand.

Antron McCray, please stand.

Yusef Salaam, please stand.

Raymond Santana, Jr., please stand.

Korey Wise, please stand.

In the matter of the
State of New York...

as to the count of rape
in the first degree...

As to the count of assault
in the first degree...

As to the count of assault
in the second degree...

As to the count of riot
in the first degree...

As to the count of rape
in the first degree...

Count of robbery...
Count of attempted murder

in the second degree...
Count of sodomy...

Count of sexual abuse
in the first degree...

And to the count of attempted
murder of Patricia Meili...

the jury finds the defendant...

guilty.

... guilty.

On the count of assault
in the second degree,

the verdict is guilty.

... the verdict is guilty.

... is guilty.

That's my baby!

... the verdict is guilty.

... the verdict is guilty.

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