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Central Park 5 Prosecutor<\/span><\/p>\n Elizabeth Lederer Resigns from Columbia Law \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n After Black Student Protest<\/span><\/p>\n 6\/12\/2019 6:22 PM PDT<\/p>\n Breaking News<\/span><\/p>\n Lederer, the former Assistant D.A. who tried the infamous case back in 1989, resigned Wednesday. She was a part-time professor at Columbia but had come under fire since the Netflix series \u201cWhen They See Us\u201d debuted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Lederer, played by Vera Farmiga<\/strong> in the series, worked alongside Linda Fairstein<\/strong>. As we\u2019ve reported \u2026 Fairstein has also caught flak<\/strong><\/a> and recently resigned from a nonprofit board of directors<\/strong><\/a> and the Board of Trustees<\/strong><\/a> at Vassar College. Her book publisher also dropped her<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Black Law Students Association at Columbia called Lederer\u2019s actions in the CP5 case \u201cracist\u201d \u2026 and pressured school administrators to remove her from the faculty.\u00a0<\/p>\n So, essentially, Lederer fell on the sword.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/h5>\n
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Elizabeth Lederer<\/strong>, the woman who prosecuted the Central Park 5, just resigned from her position as a professor at Columbia Law School amid heavy pressure from black students.<\/p>\n