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The “Central Park Five’’ was once six. Steven Lopez never found himself portrayed as a main character in a Ken Burns documentary or an Oprah Winfrey Network series. But he too was arrested and indicted in his youth [...]

While the others were wrongfully convicted of the crime and vindicated in 2002, Lopez pled guilty to the lesser charge of robbing another victim on that fateful night to avoid the rape case and remained on the hook for the bargain up until this week. On a stormy Monday morning, Judge Ellen N. Biben granted Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s motion to vacate Lopez’s conviction and dismiss the indictment.

Now in the history books, the “Central Park Five” case remains one of the most egregious examples of racist, racial profiling by the criminal justice system and media sensationalization by non-Black news organizations in New York City history. But as Lopez’s recent exculpation shows, justice is still a work in progress for the damage done by the infamous trial. According to his lawyer Eric Renfroe, he served roughly four years in prison, close to his maximum sentence. While Lopez will never regain the lost time, overturning the conviction makes the 48-year-old’s life easier.

The overturned conviction is the work of Bragg’s Post-Conviction Justice Unit. Announced back in April and headed by Terri Rosenblatt, the taskforce overlooks former cases from the Manhattan DA’s Office that require a second glance.

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