New York
New York County
The Central Park Five were five Harlem teens convicted of the 1989 assault and rape of a jogger in New York's Central Park. The convictions were set aside in 2002.
Westchester County
Jeffrey Mark Deskovic was convicted of the 1989 of rape and murder of a high school classmate. He was exonerated in 2006 when the DNA from the crime was matched to another person.
Read more about this topic: Overturned Convictions In The United States
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“Affection, indulgence, and humor alike are powerless against the instinct of children to rebel. It is essential to their minds and their wills as exercise is to their bodies. If they have no reasons, they will invent them, like nations bound on war. It is hard to imagine families limp enough always to be at peace. Wherever there is character there will be conflict. The best that children and parents can hope for is that the wounds of their conflict may not be too deep or too lasting.”
—New York State Division of Youth Newsletter (20th century)
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—Joan Didion (b. 1934)