In 1989, at just fifteen years old, Yusef Salaam was tried and wrongfully convicted in the "Central Park Jogger" case along with four other Black and Latino young men. The Exonerated Five spent between seven to 13 years behind bars for crimes they did not commit, until their sentences were overturned in 2002. A lifelong resident of Harlem, Yusef Salaam, after two difficult decades of building his life back, now proudly represents the 9th District in the New York City Council.