I don’t think the Central Park 5 were exonerated 35 years ago. I’m glad they have been exonerated now, and certainly they shouldn’t have been convicted then - but there was nothing racist in Trump’s ad calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty. Many people believe in it (full disclosure- I’m not one of them), and at least of those I know none of them believe in it for racist reasons.

That’s true, they were exonerated in 2002. Trump then withdrew his advocacy for their execution in... well, I can’t answer that without crystal ball.

Well clearly they wouldn’t be eligible for the death penalty anymore, I don’t think anyone believes that. That’s a bit of an absurd comment to make.

Why is that clear? Trump still says they’re guilty, and still says people who commit these crimes should be executed.

He does? Can you cite that? As I said, many people believe that people who commit murder ought to be executed, that's not a racist belief.