A Bronx man who spent three years in jail as a teenager despite never being charged with a crime was found dead by suicide on Saturday, his lawyer said. Kalief Browder, 21, had been arrested in 2010 as a 16-year-old and endured years of beatings and isolation before being released in 2013 without explanation.
Browder disappeared into Rikers Island back in 2010 after being picked up for allegedly stealing a backpack that owner Roberto Bautista claimed had his credit card, debit card, digital camera, iPod and hundreds of dollars in cash inside. He told his court-appointed lawyer he refused to accept a plea deal for the charge and wanted the case to go to trial.
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