New York v. McCray, Richardson, Salaam, Santana, and Wise (The Central Park Five)

About this episode

The episode discusses the egregious failures of law enforcement in the Central Park Five case.

In any criminal justice system, there is bound to be abuse. No system is perfect, not even close. But the case discussed in this episode is one of the most egregious top-to-bottom failures of law enforcement in New York history. Rights were violated, and at every turn where someone could have taken responsibility and ended the parade of injustice, they just doubled down. Listen as colleague and law partner Robert Gottlieb joins Paul to discuss the 1989 case involving five bo...

People in this episode

Host: Paul Townsend

Guest: Robert Gottlieb

Topics covered

• criminal justice
• law enforcement
• injustice
• Central Park Five
• New York history
• rights violations

Keywords

• criminal justice
• law enforcement
• Central Park Five
• injustice
• New York
• rights violations
• 1989

Mentioned in this episode

Places: New York

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