Sixth teen charged in 1989 Central Park runner case exonerated.
Enlarge this image Steven Lopez listens during a court hearing on July 25, 2022 in New York. Lopez, a co-defendant of the so-called Central Park Five
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Enlarge this image Steven Lopez listens during a court hearing on July 25, 2022 in New York. Lopez, a co-defendant of the so-called Central Park Five
A co-defendant of the so-called Central Park Five, whose convictions in a notorious 1989 rape of a jogger were thrown out more than a decade later, had his conviction on a related charge overturned Monday.
Steven Lopez, now 48, was one of five Black and Latino teenagers arrested in the 1989 rape and assault of a Central Park jogger.
Steven Lopez was 15 when he was arrested with five other Black and Latino boys for the rape and assault of a jogger. He pleaded guilty to lesser charges.
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