《central park five, the》是2011年Random House US出版社出版的圖書，作者是Sarah Burns。
基本介紹
- 中文名：central park five, the
- 作者：Sarah Burns
- 出版社：Random House US出版社
- ISBN：9780307266149
內容簡介,作者簡介,
內容簡介
A riveting, in-depth account of one of New York City’s mostnotorious crimes.On April 20, 1989, the body of a woman is discovered in CentralPark, her skull so badly smashed that nearly 80 percent of herblood has spilled onto the ground. Within days, five black andLatino teenagers confess to her rape and beating. In a city whereurban crime is at a high and violence is frequent, the ensuingmedia frenzy and hysterical public reaction is extraordinary. Theyoung men are tried as adults and convicted of rape, despite thefact that the teens quickly recant their inconsistent andinaccurate confessions and that no DNA tests or eyewitness accountstie any of them to the victim. They serve their complete sentencesbefore another man, serial rapist Matias Reyes, confesses to thecrime and is connected to it by DNA testing.Intertwining the stories of these five young men, the policeofficers, the district attorneys, the victim, and Matias Reyes,Sarah Burns unravels the forces that made both the crime and itsprosecution possible. Most dramatically, she gives us a portrait ofa city already beset by violence and deepening rifts between racesand classes, whose law enforcement, government, socialinstitutions, and media were undermining the very rights of theindividuals they were designed to safeguard and protect.
作者簡介
Sarah Burns graduated from Yale University in 2004 with a degree in American studies and went on to work for Moore & Goodman, a small civil rights law firm based in New York. She is now producing a documentary film with Ken Burns based on this book. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
