albany lawmakers reach compromise on faster trials
Kalief Browder was arrested when he was 16 years old in 2010 for allegedly stealing a backpack. He insisted he was innocent instead of pleading guilty, and he couldn’t afford to pay the $10,000 bail. He wound up serving almost three years in the jail complex on Rikers Island and killed himself after he was released. […]
wnyc news: albany lawmakers reach compromise on faster trials
Albany Lawmakers Reach Compromise on Faster Trials Beth Fertig via WNYC News | June 7. 2017 Kalief Browder was arrested when he was 16 years old in 2010 for allegedly stealing a backpack. He insisted he was innocent instead of pleading guilty, and he couldn’t afford to pay the $10,000 bail. He wound up serving […]
