It was case of racial injustice which shocked America three decades ago, when five Black and Hispanic teenagers were wrongfully jailed over the gang rape of a woman in New York’s Central Park in 1989.
But after years behind bars, the ‘Central Park Five’ were finally exonerated in 2002. Now one of them, Yusef Salaam, has written a book of poetry, in collaboration with the author Ibi Zoboi, based on his experiences.