I can think of no crime that the "Law and Order" reactionaries in the United States exploited more than the
1989 attack on a white female jogger in Central Park in New York, for which five black and Hispanic youth were convicted based on
circumstantial evidence and coerced confessions. Later evidence emerged which exonerated them and revealed the identity of the assailant. Recently,
New York City settled with the five men. The Ken Burns
PBS Documentary Central Park Five has been made available to U.S. internet users to mark this milestone in the case.