[Music] members of the Central Park 5 now known as the exonerated 5 spoke at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday August 22nd to support vice president kamla Harris's presidential campaign Yousef Salam Corey wise Raymond Santana Kevin Richardson and Anon McCrae were wrongly convicted of rape and assault as teenagers in 198 9 Salam 50 wise 52 Santana 49 and Richardson 49 appeared on stage with civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton during the dnc's final night McCrae 50 was absent during their trial former president Donald Trump took out full- page ads in New York newspapers advocating for the death penalty 35 years ago my friends and I were in prison for a crime we did not commit our youth was stolen from us why said every day as we walked into courtrooms people screamed at us threatened us because of Donald Trump he expressed confidence that Harris as president would work towards fairness Salam now a New York City council member criticized Trump referring to him as 45 and stating he wanted us dead today we are exonerated he condemned Trump's belief that hate drives America on April 19th 1989 Patricia Trisha mey was found severely beating eaten and sexually assaulted in Central Park the five teens Santana and Richardson 14 McCrae and Salam 15 and wise 16 were arrested shortly after after lengthy interrogations they falsely confessed Under Pressure the confessions were later recanted leading to one of the most notorious miscarriages of Justice in recent history from April 27th to 28th 1989 all five were indicted on various charges and each served 5 to 13 years in prison they were exonerated in 2002 after convicted murderer Matias Reyes confessed and DNA evidence cleared them