She does not talk about the case, but following her departure from the attorney's office she did say, "I think that I’ve accomplished a great deal." Portrayed by Felicity Huffman, Fairstein held onto the belief that the teens were involved in the crime, even after Reyes came forward. "The facts are the facts," he continued. We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. "I was involved in the case from I guess early morning April 20 or 21 on," he added. When They See Us, a four-part series on Netflix directed by Ava DuVernay, explores the experience of these five men: Korey Wise, Raymond Santana, Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, and … Korey Wise, the oldest of the Central Park 5, has a particularly devastating interrogation, trial, and prison story, as is seen in Netflix miniseries 'When They See Us.' However, Ryan still played a major role in the Central Park Five's exoneration, and she laid the blame on Reyes rather than the five teens in a court motion. But they didn’t.“Speaking to ABC News, he also said he disagreed with the $41 million settlement the boys were given.He said: “The five of them went to Central Park to beat up people and they ended up with millions of dollars and they’re heroes and civil rights icons. It’s appalling.”Reynolds retired from the NYPD before the sentences were vacated.According to The Grio, Reynolds is currently writing a book about the Central Park Five.Michael Sheehan (William Sadler) was one of the investigators in The Central Park jogger case.He was also part of the team that convicted Reyes for the murder of Lourdes Gonzalez in 1989.In 2002, Reyes confessed to the attack and rape of the central park jogger.Further DNA tests and other evidence proved that Reyes was the sole attacker in Central Park on April 16, 1989.Fairstein played a vital role in securing the five convictions of the boys in 1989 after they were arrested.As shown in When They See Us, Fairstein’s department led the immediate investigation into the Central Park Five case.As a result of a backlash against her, Fairstein’s publisher EP Dutton dropped her as a client.In response to the backlash surrounding her role in the case following When They See Us, Lederer has now resigned from her long-held position as lecturer at Columbia Law School.Robert Morgenthau (Len Cariou) was the NY District Attorney at the time of the case.He is the only one to have admitted any wrongdoing.Speaking to the New York Times in 2016, Morgenthau said: “I had complete confidence in Linda Fairstein. "Today, Reynolds is retired from the NYPD and reportedly writing a book about the Central Park Five. newspaper archive.Not much is known about the police officers involved in the case When They See Us: What really happened to Korey Wise's sister?When They See Us: Will When They See Us have a season 2?When They See Us: Ava Duvernay reveals Korey Wise's reactionNot much is known about the police officers involved in the case Nancy Ryan (Famke Janssen) was the assistant district attorney When They See Us: Why did the Central Park Five give false confessions At the time, he did not believe that their confessions were coerced, telling the Furthermore, he did not agree with the settlement the young men received and believes to this day that Matias Reyes, who ultimately confessed to the crime and whose DNA was matched to samples at the crime scene, did not act alone. When They See Us, a four-part mini-series, has proved hugely popular on Netflix, and in the US the series has been the streaming service's most-watched show since it debuted. "If we had gone to trial in their lawsuit, we wouldn’t be having this conversation because all the facts would have come out," he added. "It would have been clear they participated and Reyes didn’t act alone. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper,
Over the course of four episodes, the Ava Duvernay-directed series details how Raymond Santana, 14, Kevin Richardson, 14, Antron McCray, 15, Yusef Salaam, 15, and Here is an update on those responsible for the Central Park Five's unjust arrests and where they are today: In 1989, Eric Reynolds was a 29-year-old cop who was assigned to the Central Park precinct that night along with his partner, Bobby Powers. When they see us has left me so sick in the stomach. "Robert Morgenthau’s tenure almost precisely tracked the era of mass incarceration,” Yusuf Salaam’s attorney Ron Kuby said. This is what really happened. They did not want to go to trial. Fast forward nearly three decades after the trial, and Lederer is still working as an assistant prosecutor with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and as an adjunct law professor at Columbia University. The Netflix original series When They See Us tells the real story of a group of five teenagers, known as the Central Park Five, who were wrongfully accused of attacking and brutally raping jogger Trisha Meili. Today, she is a criminal justice consultant for the Prisoners Legal Services of New York.