The petition, which was created after 'When They See Us' premiered on Netflix, gathered more than 12,000 signatures in two days.
Former prosecutor Linda Fairstein resigned from the Vassar College Board of Trustees after an online petition called for her removal because of how she handled the Central Park Five case.a Netflix series based on the true story of five teenagers who were wrongfully convicted of raping a woman in 1989. Fairstein was head of the sex crimes unit at the Manhattan District Attorney's office at the time and oversaw the interrogation of the group, dubbed"The Central Park Five.
"I am told that Ms. Fairstein felt that, given the recent widespread debate over her role in the Central Park case, she believed that her continuing as a Board member would be harmful to Vassar," Vassar College President Elizabeth Bradley said in a statement to the community. Robles said she was emboldened by the words of CNN host Van Jones' commencement address in May and her professors and classmates who taught her to"fight for injustice."
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