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Some people will believe that the boys should have been to jail because of their fake confessions but I disagree with that. Also some people might think that this is not a racial issue but what people did not know is about all the race crimes going on in that same time which we need to take in consideration.

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The emotion this case bring me is mostly anger and sadness. It brings me anger and sadness because I myself can not do anything about it and that no one can give them their youth back. Also seeing their families be in so much pain made me be able to feel that pain that they were going through.

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I believe that these teenagers had their youth ripped away from them and they were wrongly convicted for their race and being in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people. I also believe that they lost so much and they got absolutely nothing for the time they spent in jail for something they did not do. Their youth was taken away from them and nothing can give them that time back.

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The police had no evidenc pointing to the teenageers exept for written and taped confessions from the boys.

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The police ignored the fact that the sperm DNA on the woman did not match any of the boys.
They also ignored the fact that there was already a serial rapist out there who had raped another woman just two days before.
Down below is a picture of Matias Reyes, the actual convict.

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This documentary opened my eyes and showed me all the problems that there was in this case for example the police made the teenagers make up stories, their extreme interrogation methods and the fact that the police ignored all the factual evidence.

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Korey Wise was the oldest of the group (16) and got the longest sentence which lasted 11 1/2 years.
Yusef Salaam was sentenced 6 1/2 years.
Kevin Richardson served a sentence of 6 1/2 years as well.
Raymond Santana was in jail for a total of 8 years.
Antron McCray served a sentence of 6 years.

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In 1989 a very serious crime was committed, a female jogger was found raped and beaten close to death. Five African American and Puerto Rican teenagers were accused and taken into custody.