As part of the National Lawyers Guild Student Week Against Mass Incarceration, the lawyers guild at Rutgers Law School is sponsoring the screening of the Ken Burns documentary "Central Park Five" starting at 4 p.m. in the Baker Court Room, Room 125 at the Center for Law and Justice in Newark.

The Central Park Five is a new film from award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns that tells the story of the five Black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989.

The event also includes a panel discussion and dinner. Panelists include:

Kevin Richardson, Central Park 5 member

Yusef Salaam (via video conferencing), Central Park 5 member

Sharonne Salaam, Founder of Justice 4 the Wrongfully Incarcerated and Yusef’s mother

Zayid Muhammad, Community Organizer and Activist on behalf of Political Prisoners

Lynne Stewart, People’s Lawyer and Rutgers Law Graduate

Laura Cohen, Director of the Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic

Please join us for a screening of the documentary The Central Park Five followed by a panel featuring Sharonne Salaam, mother of Central Park 5 member Yusef Salaam,