it's been a long horrific journey for antron mccray, kevin richardson, raymond santana and kharey wiseu said you never thought this day would come. what was this day like finally after these years to get it settled? >> you know, i said i waited for this day to come, right? when the day finally came, i couldn't sleep, and i felt like even though we was about to acre knowledge the settlement was done, i felt someway, somehow the city would pull the rug from under our feet and say oops, sorry. like when you fight against an agency or system for so long, we talking 25 years and to get to the point where you stop fighting it's difficult to take the gloves off and hang them up, you know. to me it's like we getting up and going to do a press conference for fighting against injups 't injustice for the central park five. it still hasn't sunk in. >> i want to read something your mom said. she said i'm not smiling or laughing all the way to the bank, i'm still covered in shame. do you feel that, as well? a sense of shame? >> there is a scar placed on us and that scar hasn't been removed just beca

anton mccray, kevin richardson, raymond santana, korey wise, and yusef salaam were arrested for beating and raping a white woman in central park. she came to be known as the central park jogger. the five were all black and latino between the ages of 14 and 16. their arrest made national headlines and initially confessed but soon recanted, insisting they had admitted to the crime under duress of exhaustion and coercion from police officers. the convictions were vacated after the real rapist, the tea is reyes, came forward in prison and convict did -- confessed to the crime. dna evidence confirmed he was the sole attacker but by then the five defendants had already seven sentences of almost deal 13 years for the attack. in 2003, the five men sued the city for wrongful conviction and violation of their civil rights. a lawsuit gained renewed attention in 2012 when documentary filmmaker ken burns and his daughter sarah released the "central park five." this is the trailer from the film. >> i want to remember what happened that day and to be horrified by ourselves. new york in the late 1980's

. >> that is kevin richardson, lay lion whisperer. because he's used to being up close and perm with the cats, he thought the lions should be outfitted with a go pro camera. check it out. it's mounted to the back of the big cat. what's amazing is she captures something for the first time, her first kill. >> oh. >> there you see the go pro strapped to her back, and she's like, i smell something out there in the grass lap. with the angle of the camera, her sister is up ahead. look at her shoulders creeping through that brush. she's determined. she has something on the scent. he says he uses love and nurture to establish relationships with these lions, but then she spots something. a lioness hunts easier because she doesn't have the main getting in the way. this is when nature overcomes nurture. be careful. watch closely. this goes fast. you see that? it was a small animal right in front of her, but you do get to see that she does capture it. this is part of the circle of life, and there you see the hoof of that animal. >> so fascinating

. >> reporter: 39-year-old kevin richardson spent nearly seven years of his life in prison for a crime>> you all don't really understand what we went through. they try to dehumanize us as human beings but we're still here. >> reporter: in 1989, richardson was one of five teenaged boys arrest forward the brutal rape of a 28-year-old white female jogger in new york's central park. the crime drew national headlineheadlines and polarizedy along racial lines. richard santana was 14 years old. >> these people had their mind fixated on us being guilty. we have tried everything we possibly could to prove our innocence. >> reporter: they were convicted in two separate trials, even though the victim had no memory of the attack and there was no d.n.a. evidence linking them to the crime. the case was built on videotaped confessions. attorneys for the men said police and prosecutors pressured them into implicating each other. yusef salaam was 15 years old. >> i met richard santana in prison. we didn't know each other. >> we didn't know each other. >> and they painted this picture as if we all knew

kevin richardson struggled to control his emotions. >> people called us animals, wolf packs, i have sistersand a mother. i would never do anything to a woman. i was raised better than that five black and hispanic teenagers were convicted in the 89 beating and rape of the female jog inner central park. the case, made national headlines, and popularized the term wilding, the defendants, confessed to the crime but later claim they had been coerced. dna evidence eventually proved their innocence but not before one man spent 13 years in prison and the other four nearly seven years. yousef shall om says he is not bitter. >> we have a story to tell because we are a living part of history now. >> reporter: settlement fulfills a pledge from mayor bill deblaze ohio to right a inn just advertise. >> it is unbelievable the injustice we have suffered throughout these years and that we continue to suffer through today. >> reporter: federal court must approve the tentative 40 million-dollar settlement, each man will receive about a million dollars for each year served in prison. alexis christopherus for c

. >> reporter: 25 years after being convicted for a crime he didn't commit kevin richardson known as one of the park five feels vindicated. >> right now it feels great to have a voice because we didn't have one. all we wanted to tell you is we didn't do it. >> reporter: in 1989 richardson and four other tankers between 14 and 16 years a of age were arrested for the rape of a 28 white female jogger in new york city in central park. >> she was dragged down into the bushes which is called the lock where she was beaten and sexually assaulted. >> reporter: raymond santana served five years in prison. >> is this other? is the page turned? >> i get up every morning and say, all right we have to go out and fight. it's like we haven't been exonerated. >> reporter: the victim was left for dead. she had no memory of the attack. there was no dna evidence linking them to the crime and no witnesses. the case was built on videotaped confessions. yusuf salom was 15 years old. >> i met raymond santana in prison. we didn't know each other. >> we didn't know each other. >> they painted a picture as if