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Trump refuses to offer apology to the Central Park 5 wrongly convicted of rape in 1989

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Trump took out ads in New York newspapers calling for the death penalty at the time the then teenagers were arrested.

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File image from 19 June, 2019 Image: Evan Vucci File image from 19 June, 2019 Image: Evan Vucci US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump has refused to apologise to five teenagers wrongly convicted of rape in New York after calling for the death penalty to be reintroduced in the state when they were arrested.

The five men claimed they were coerced by police to give a false confession and they were later exonerated in 2002, after another man confessed to the rape, which was confirmed by DNA evidence. A Netflix series about the Central Park case has reignited public debate and the show has proved popular in a number of countries.Years after DNA evidence exonerated the Central Park 5, @RealDonaldTrump declined to apologize for taking out a full-page ad in a newspaper that called for them to be executed. The president received the question Tuesday before heading to a campaign rally in Orlando. #NY1Politics pic.twitter.

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