Central Park Five prosecutor Linda Fairstein resigns from charity boards

The prosecutor in the "Central Park Five" case has resigned from three charity boards and a collegiate board of directors in a rush of reaction provoked by a new Netflix series on the case. the New York Post reports this Linda Fairstein left the board of Safe Horizon, God's Love We Deliver, Joyful Heart Foundation and Vassar College after the series. When they see us describes her role in the convictions – and possible exemptions – of five teenage girls in a 1989 rape of a woman in Central Park. "I do not want to become a lightning rod to inflict damage to this organization because of those who now attack my social justice fight record for over 45 years, "Fairstein said in a letter to Safe Horizon. She also told the To post she resigned because of the "crowd reaction" of the series, in which she claims that Felicity Huffman describes it "inaccurately". "Each of these organizations is doing excellent work," she said of public calls to boycott donations to organizations she was linked to. "It's so stupid for tyrants to punish charities. Totally piggy and stupid head. "