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[quote=Anonymous]Several month ago, I had read the story of Central Park Five (4 Blacks and 1 Hispanic) who were sentenced for rape of a white woman they never committed based on coerced statements. They were exonerated based on the actual criminal statement and DNA match. At that time Trump had released a full page advertisement asking for the death penalty of these youths.

In 2014, he still held these views and released an Op-Ed http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/donald-trump-central-park-settlement-disgrace-article-1.1838467

[quote]Now, he is still giving interviews that the five youths were guilty. http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/06/politics/reality-check-donald-trump-central-park-5/

The Central Park 5 were exonerated, and in 2014, New York paid them a $41 million settlement.

But Trump still is not buying their innocence.

"They admitted they were guilty," Trump said this week in a statement to CNN's Miguel Marquez. "The police doing the original investigation say they were guilty. The fact that that case was settled with so much evidence against them is outrageous. And the woman, so badly injured, will never be the same."

Since Trump obviously still believes that the Central Park 5 are guilty, it cannot be said he is lying or even misleading. But [b]he is undoubtedly holding steadfast to an opinion in the face of DNA evidence to the contrary and the fact that the Central Park 5 have been exonerated by the legal system[/b].[/quote]

Why do you think he believes them to be guilty in spite of them being not? 
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