Kalief Browder commits suicide
A New York man who spent three years behind bars at Rikers Island without being convicted of a crime has taken his own life, his attorney told CNN. Kalief Browder was a 16-year-old sophomore when he was arrested, and later charged with second-degree robbery. He was released in 2013 when the charges against him were dropped. Browder's story drew national attention when he was profiled in a story in the New Yorker, which also reported on Browder's death.
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