It’s a book about surviving a brutal attack — from what I got during her Dateline interview. Giving the timing of the discovery of the falseness of the convictions, it’s pretty likely the book was almost in print when that happened. AND it’s not like she falsely accused them, she was unconscious and didn’t remember anything at all about the incident, still doesn’t. Sure, there are various horrible aspects to this story, doesn’t mean she has to tell them all.

I’m just merely hoping there’s some form of acknowledgment. You know how it works in NYC. Look at Bernie Goetz, and how that all polarized the city. He was a hero to some, and to others they were saying “Oh, I guess it’s open season on black people.”.

These guys were in the wrong place at the wrong time, and they certainly were no angels.

She will always have the world of sympathy from me for what she went through. I’m just hoping the book is worded right, that’s all.

Oh, and Reyes was a real scumbag for keeping his mouth shut all these years. That too.

I’m just merely hoping there’s some form of acknowledgment

These two statements, along with the general tone of your post and comments, imply that it would be “wrong” for her to write about only her.

I see a question asking if that’s *all* the book is going to be about…

And “I’m *hoping* that…”

It sounds more like I’m expecting more of her account of the story, maybe I shouldn’t (but I doubt I’ll be the only one). I’m merely looking at this all from a broader scope. I also know how several communities in New York will react to this (if not worded right. hell I found the issues so difficult, and with so many sensitive hotspots that I ended up editing it all night.)

I’d hate to see her villified, or viewed as selfish after all she went through, The tone of the article I linked to sure looks like it’s going to leave the door wide open.

Maybe this will open the door to other venues and stories, who knows. Personally, I’m looking forward to reading this.

And that’s not a slap at her for not including the story of those wrongly convicted? Please Eric, stop mincing your words here. You know what reaction you were trying to provoke with this post and you got it.

The 2 lines before it was “She was a victim of a horrific crime, but she wasn’t the only victim. If you look at the big picture, there were *six* victims in total… ”

Most people don’t switch from “she” to “you” in a normal conversation, so I don’t see how that was directed toward her… but don’t let that stop you from twisting this into anything you want. :0)

You don’t get to a part you don’t like, and just jump to the “comments”. That’s considered rude.

I am not saying anything inflammatory about her. What part of “Of course, I have a great deal of sympathy for what Ms. Meili went through.” is inflammatory?

How come nobody else but you is taking this as a big attack on the Central Park Jogger? If the book is simply about her recovery since then, fine. Then I shouldn’t have raised my expectations to think it had anything to do with it being “a memoir of her ordeal and her recovery. In it, she recounts the trial of the five teenagers who were originally convicted in the case, and her reaction when another man said last year he was the culprit.”

I know I feel bad for everytime I wished those guys made someone a good bitch in prison. (There’s taped confessions running on the 10 o’ clock news, what were we supposed to think?) That’s my choice. You don’t have to feel anything about it, and neither does she.

It wasn’t her fault, and I never said it was. It was an outraged public, which made a mayor breathe down a department’s neck, which made detectives cut a few corners so the puzzle fits…

Me? I’d feel obligated to help some people clear their names if they didn’t do anything to me… so maybe they can have a chance at a normal life. I can’t make you or anyone else give a damn.

Not only did they not leave semen, they didn’t leave a single hair — pubic or otherwise — or a single skin cell, including under the victim’s fingernails. There is no more to this story. The guys who were convicted didn’t do it, and weren’t even near the actual crime scene, although they were in the park [which is huge]. Plus, after they were arrested, the guy who did do it continued to rape with the same M.O., just as he had done before the jogger case.

They didn’t rape the jogger. They did mug and assault others in the park that night. But they were innocent of the rape charges.

I also wrote about it here:
http://www.bhwblog.com/blogarchive/000029.shtml