On April 19, 1989 four African American teens and one Hispanic teen are simply in the wrong place at the wrong time when they are arrested and questioned about the brutal rape and beating of a white woman in Central Park in New York City. All of the boys were under the age of eighteen and they all, after hours of interrogation, admitted their guilt in the crime. Within a few days the boys recanted their stories but the ball of justice was already rolling. All of the boys were found guilty and served their full sentences. Finally in 2002 after all of the boys had served their time a man in prison admitted that he was the sole assailant for the crime that these boys had done time for. In A Walk In The Park we get a glimpse inside of the boys experience as innocent children being accused, prosecuted, found guilty and imprisoned for a crime they did not commit. Can they ever trust the justice system ever again? How easy will it be for them to move past the lives that were forced on the by a system that let them down? The Central Park Five shows us that the innocent can still be found guilty. (Fiction Fan Fair)
