Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-01-28 01:37:32 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 6AC8A6C4FA877DB542B231030035FAE8B110C6A8E2A7ABBF4FC0A817192CD777
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FALSE: It is a matter of public record that Salaam was NOT a perpetrator of the Central Park rape. His (and the rest of the Central Park Fives') convictions were tossed out, and they were exonerated after an unassociated serial rapist and murderer confessed to the crime. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/06/nyregion/a-crime-revisited-the-decision-13-years-later-official-reversal-in-jogger-attack.html https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=132017&page=1 https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/19/nyregion/judge-vacates-convictions-in-1989-central-park-jogger-case.html https://www.wsj.com/articles/central-park-five-agree-to-40-million-wrongful-conviction-settlement-1403231947
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