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The Kalief Browder Story: A Case Study

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— Last night our nation saw the pains and struggles that Ms. Venida Browder lived with for so many years. Ms. Browder, the mother of Kalief Browder, shared her son with us one last time, as the nation watched “The Kalief Browder Story”. Kalief Browder was arrested in 2010, at the age of 16, as he was headed home in the Bronx. Mr. Browder would be, accused of, and charged with robbery –and given a bail of $3,000. Unable to make bail, Mr. Browder languished in Riker’s Island for 3 years –never receiving a trial. After those 3 long years – filled with abuse from inmates and guards alike, after nearly 800 days of solitary confinement, after over 30 hearings, and after numerous postponements, the charges against Mr. Browder would be dropped and

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