White House correspondent and CNN political analyst April Ryan called on Donald Trump to apologize to the “Central Park Five” over a full-page ad he took out in four New York City newspapers in 1989 calling for the death penalty following the brutal rape and assault of then-28-year-old investment banker Trisha Meili.

“BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY. BRING BACK OUR POLICE,” read the Trump ads from May 1, 1989, which ran ten days after the assault occurred. “I want to hate these murderers and I always will. I am not looking to psychoanalyze or understand them, I am looking to punish them.”

The “Central Park Five” — five boys aged 14 to 16 — were convicted of rape and assault in 1990 and received prison sentences ranging from six to 16 years.

Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam and Korey Wise were cleared in 2002 after a convicted murderer named Matias Reyes confessed to raping Meili. DNA evidence backed up the confession.

Ryan, in a tweet to her more than 540,000 followers, asked the president if he planned to apologize.

Mr. President @realdonaldtrump will you apologize to the Central Park five? Posted withrepost • @realdlhughley #This #TeamDl https://t.co/pqhzkqga9v

— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) June 18, 2019

Ryan also got a chance to ask Trump as he left for Orlando, Florida for his re-election rally.

Trump responded, “You have people on both sides of that. They admitted their guilt. If you look at Linda Fairstein and if you look at some of the prosecutors they think the city should never have settled that case. So we’ll leave it at that.”

WATCH:

Holy shit — years after DNA evidence exonerated them, Trump suggests the Central Park 5 are guilty and refuses to apologize for saying they should be executed.

"You have people on both sides of that. They admitted their guilt." pic.twitter.com/Tb8ENrBJ1I

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 18, 2019