From Exoneration to Election: Yusef Salaam Joins NYC Council
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Yusef Salaam, one of the "Central Park Five" who was wrongfully convicted for a 1989 attack on a jogger, has been elected to the New York City Council. Salaam, who was once called for execution by Donald Trump, won the Democratic primary earlier this year and won the election without opposition. Salaam expressed his role as an ambassador for everyone's pain and aims to lead his community after going through the wrongful conviction. DNA evidence later exonerated Salaam and the other co-defendants.
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