Before wrongful Central Park jogger conviction, he dreamed of attending Syracuse and playing in its marching band. Now, 30 years later, the university has honored Kevin Richardson with a scholarship in his name.
Kevin Richardson dreamed of attending Syracuse University before his life was derailed when he and four other black and Hispanic teens were wrongfully convicted in the 1989 Central Park jogger case.Richardson and the other teens were exonerated in the rape case in 2002 and released from prison.
Last week, Richardson, now 44, got the opportunity to walk the campus of the private university in upstate New York, an experience he called"surreal." “Just being here and being 44 and having that dream at 14, and now I’m here. It’s mind-blowing," he told the school's independent student newspaper The university announced the establishment of the Kevin Richardson Scholarship Fund, which Richardson said in an Instagram post will benefit"students of color to further their education at Syracuse University.""For a scholarship to be named after me, means the world to me.
Richardson also told Winfrey that he was a fan of the school's basketball team and had always wanted to play the trumpet in Syracuse's marching band.
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