Sixth Defendant Linked To Central Park Five Case Exonerated

07/27/2022

Steven Lopez was 15 years old at the time of the indictment.

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Sixth Defendant Linked To Central Park Five Case Exonerated

Steven Lopez pleaded guilty when he was named to related charges surrounding the assault of a jogger in New York's Central Park in 1989.
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