Central Park Five Prosecutor Steps Down From Columbia After Netflix Portrayal | NBC Nightly News

Thirty years after she questioned and then prosecuted the young men known as the Central Park Five, Elizabeth Lederer is stepping down from a teaching position at Columbia Law School, saying it was the best “given the nature of the recent publicity generated by the Netflix portrayal of the Central Park case.”
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Central Park Five Prosecutor Steps Down From Columbia After Netflix Portrayal | NBC Nightly News