The following year, all five teenagers were convicted, in two separate trials, of charges stemming from the attack. Then 16 years old, Korey Wise, was tried as an adult and convicted of assault, sexual abuse, and riot. He was sentenced to five to fifteen years.

Was Korey Wise really innocent?

Wise spent approximately 14 years incarcerated, maintaining his innocence from 1989 until he was exonerated in 2002. At 16 years old, Wise was the oldest of the so-called "Central Park Five", and was the only one of the five to serve all his time in the adult prison system.

What really happened to Korey Wise?

He was convicted of assault, sexual abuse and riot. Unlike his exonerated Central Park 5 counterparts, he was charged as an adult and sentenced to five to 15 years in prison. He served nearly 13 years. Netflix's "When They See Us" shows the trying obstacles Wise faced growing up in prison.