Name ______

Date ______Period ______The Five Viewing Questions

1. What happened on April 19, 1989?

2. Describe in the late 1980s.

3. How do the 5 boys (the “Central Park Five”) get connected to the that occurred in the park?

4. What tactics were used by police to interrogate the boys?

5. Why did Kevin, Raymond, and Antron offer their confessions?

6. What happened when Korey and Yusef were taken to the police station?

7. Why didn’t the boys’ parents ask for an attorney?

8. How would you describe the boys’ body language during the videotaped interviews/confessions?

9. Why did Korey say he lied?

10. Who was the victim?

11. How did the media and the people of New York react to the Central Park Jogger case?

12. What role did race play?

13. What happened when contrary facts began to emerge in the case (timeline, lack of DNA, etc.)?

14. Who was Matias Reyes?

15. What role did the videotaped confessions play in court?

16. Describe the testimony given by the detectives on the witness stand.

17. What verdict did the jury reach in the trial of Antron, Yusef, and Raymond?

18. What verdict did the jury reach in the trial of Kevin and Korey?

19. What was life like for the boys in prison?

20. How long were Antron, Kevin, Yusef, and Raymond in prison?

21. Why was Korey in prison longer?

22. How did the experience of the trial and prison impact them?

23. What happened in 2001?

24. What happened in December 2002?

25. What was the result of the internal police department investigation?