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New York City to honor Central Park Five at park entrance

Sharonne Salaam, mother of Yusef Salaam who was one of five men exonerated after being wrongfully convicted as teenagers for the 1989 rape of a jogger in Central Park, stands at the park's northeast gateway which will be named "Gate of the Exonerated" to honor the five men, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, in New York. "This moment represents a great deal, said Salaam. It talks about all of us who have been wrongfully convicted of crimes who have been exonerated." (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) Sharonne Salaam, mother of Yusef Salaam who was one of five men exonerated after being wrongfully convicted as teenagers for the 1989 rape of a jogger in Central Park, stands at the park's northeast gateway which will be named "Gate of the Exonerated" to honor the five men, Monday Dec. 12, 2022, in New York. "This moment represents a great deal, said Salaam. It talks about all of us who have been wrongfully convicted of crimes who have been exonerated." (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
New York City to honor Central Park Five at park entrance