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Ex-Rikers inmate who was beaten in jail commits suicide

Posted on June 8, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Bill Hutchinson A Bronx man who spent three years as a teen in Rikers Island enduring beatings by guards and inmates and long stints in solitary confinement without ever being convicted has committed suicide. Kalief Browder, 21, used an … Continue reading →

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How Two Newspaper Reporters Helped Free an Innocent Man

Posted on August 30, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Maurice Possley During nearly 25 years as a reporter at the Chicago Tribune, I received hundreds of requests for help from convicted defendants. None was more compelling than the hand-printed letter from Daniel Taylor, a 25-year-old inmate at Stateville … Continue reading →

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