Central Park ‘Exonerated 5’ Member Reflects On Freedom And Forgiveness

Yusef Salaam, shown above in 2019, reflects on his wrongful conviction in the memoir, Better, Not Bitter.

In 1990, Yusef Salaam was one of the five boys wrongly convicted in the so-called Central Park jogger case. They weren’t exonerated until 2002. Salaam tells his story in Better, Not Bitter.

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In 1990, Yusef Salaam was one of the five boys wrongly convicted in the so-called Central Park jogger case. They weren’t exonerated until 2002. Salaam tells his story in Better, Not Bitter.