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Inch of her life means she was still alive. Couldn't she simply verify the suspects or confirm if there was more than one?It's seriously just a reference to the Central Park Five. It is regularly brought up by, say, Don Lemon.
Basically, in 1989 a Central Park jogger got beaten and raped to within an inch of her life. Five black and Latino boys were caught, and said a whole bunch of shit that indicated they knew details of the attack they shouldn't, and they were subsequently convicted and imprisoned. Trump took out a full-page ad saying he wanted them executed for the attack.
Years later, a sixth Latino inmate in prison claimed he was the sole attacker. His DNA matched what was found on the scene.
His DNA being the only one present in the evidence materials led people to claim all the confessions were coerced, never mind the Five knowing details the police themselves did not know and found out later. It was assumed that the 1989 NYPD used the same DNA gathering techniques they use today, ergo if the DNA wasn't in the evidence they must not have been there. De Blasio, NY mayor, gave them 40 million dollars in 2014. Trump refuses to retract his belief in their guilt.