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Judge Ready to Rule on Rape Convictions

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From Times Wire Reports

A judge deciding whether to throw out the convictions of five youths in the brutal 1989 attack on a Central Park jogger was expected to release his ruling today -- nearly three weeks earlier than expected.

Last month, the Manhattan district attorney asked Justice Charles Tejada to throw out the convictions based on new DNA evidence that implicates Matias Reyes, a convicted rapist who has confessed to the Central Park assault.

The five men convicted were teenagers at the time of the attack and have completed their prison terms.

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