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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—Wanda Sparks, U.S. nurse. As quoted in the New York Times Magazine, p. 72 (November 7, 1993)
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—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)