Kalief Browder Suicide

Gonnerman appeals to the logic of the reader by following Browder’s anecdotes with supportive statistics and investigative findings from reputable sources. She uses the citation of evidence to give weight and help expand on the context of Browder’s experiences. This includes the excerpts of statistical information from studies, such as “in 2011 seventy-four percent of felony cases in the Bronx were older than six months”, which reinforces Browder’s personal experience with the Bronx court system and also clearly indicates that Browder’s circumstance is not an uncommon one. This also includes the citation of the court index card’s text, reading the list of the preposterous amount of delays requested by the prosecutor, which provides tangible and explicit evidence to the reader of the dysfunctionality of the Bronx’s court system, and also helps the reader empathize with Browder’s frustration.

Think about how often people get arrested and how often trials are held every year, let alone every day. Oftentimes, innocent people are accused and charged for a crime that wasn’t their fault. This was the case for Adnan Syed, an innocent guy who was put in jail for a murder case. On January 13, 1999, Hae Min Lee was murdered at the age of 17. The evidence in this case was very unexplainable, but of course, the state went after Hae’s ex-boyfriend Adnan who really had nothing to do with the murder. Things that prove Adnan’s innocence are the breakup between him and Hae, how Adnan thought about and his feelings towards Hae, how the times and stories told with others didn’t suit well, and his alibi. Additionally, his DNA didn’t match with items

were entitled to freedom by virtue. (Lawson, 1987, 21-29) Shortly after this he was found in court getting tried

HOLDING: The defendant King made the statements when he was in custody so therefore the investigation was no longer a general inquiry into an unsolved crime, it was centered upon him violating the Criminal law which made an effect on the both defendants’ convictions.

I don’t think Browder should have got sent to solitary confinement over a simple scuffle with another inmate. I understand why he got sent to solitary confinement for the second fight, but I don’t think ten months was fair. I also think something should have been done about the guards using violence to settle things with inmates, and that they weren’t being

of the brutal slayings. It was concluded that both should be tried in an adult

Jennifer Gonnerman, a New Yorker writer explains , the heartbreaking story about Kalief Browder, an eighteen years old who spent three years inside New York’s Riker Island jail for stealing a backpack of a Mexican guy. Later charges were ultimately dropped. Kalief Browder , who spent three years on Rikers Island without being convicted of a crime. He was arrested in the spring of 2010, at age sixteen, for a robbery but he insisted he had not committed.

In solitary confinement a Prisoner does not leave the cell unless they are going to the visit room, clinic, rec, or the shower. Prisoners spend 23 hours a day in the twelve by seven feet cell. Near the end of 2010, Kalief was returned to the “Bing” for a total of 10 months because he did not feel safe in the cell with the other inmates so he got into a physical altercation. However in solitary confinement Browder faced different problems: the correctional officers. Browder was physically and verbally abused by the officers , he was denied food and neglected on a regular

To explain his reaction to the prison environment, the article stated, Browder exercised to gain physical strength so that he could protect himself, he also slept on top of his belongings so not to have them stolen. Before getting arrested he had no ideas on prison life or the cruelty he would experience. Essentially his mind was blank going in. He did not inherit anything that could help him or influence survival in this environment so, he had learned how to survive based on the things he learned during his time of imprisonment. Equally important, his experiences from solitary confinement conditioned his suicide behavior.

Even though it took them 3 years to even get a trial . But why would it take so long ? Is a backpack that's worth 10 dollars worth more than the mental health of a 16 year old boy ? Maybe , the city's judicial system didn't think it was that important - which is why Kalief and his mother ,had a case against the city . Browder told reporter Gonnerman from the New Yorker , that he had a case against the city because his trial was delayed . He also expressed , that "the money he could receive from the city ($20 million dollars) cannot help him because mentally he is scarred " since his released , he has tried to attempt suicide 3 times , before he sadly succeeded in 2015 .

A lot had gone into this case as he was charged for 8 different things by this one girl. He was beaten up in jail and called the most disrespectful names you could think of. He was pretty much bullied. And I know some of you are thinking "well, it's jail, it's not a pleasant place to be" but imagine if you knew you were wrongly convicted and you're getting called a "kiddy f ......" you would be upset too.

Joyner Lucas uses the song I'm Sorry to help bring a problem to everybody eyes witch is suicide and help show both sides of if from the victume side and the family and friends sides. In the song I'm Sorry by Joyner Lucas he help shows how suicide can affect people by using rytham, anger, smpathy, and imagry and he does this through many lines and verses thorugh out the song. The first on that really shows this would be "Go ahead and call me crazy, Cause I live in a maze,tell me how about you?" In this part you can hear how he use rytham and imagry to show that everybody lives different everyday and some people feel lost. Another part would be " Behind close doors, just close the door, let me be by myself, just me and my self" this is another

In the American journal of public health by Birckmayer and the team, have studied on suicide cases and what makes suicide rates increase. They found that a teen consuming alcohol at an early stage was the cause of suicide rate to increase because of emotions alcohol affects youth and something that didn’t help was the drinking age was eighteen in the years of 1970-1990, until the age was raised to twenty one, in which it saved more lives and decreased the suicide rate.

This has successfully freeing or providing possibility of parole for juvenile delinquents. But, when considering if the offender should be released or not, the motive behind the murder should be taken into account as well. If the child had a motive behind the murder of the victim, for example in Phillips’ case, it was claimed that Madison was found with her underwear and pants down (Guarino 4). This is a valid sign to the police that Phillips’ motive behind the murder of Madison was that Madison would tell someone that he tried to rape her. It is also presumed that the only reason Madison was killed was because she wouldn’t stop crying. Though the new law will help in regaining the lives of individuals that could be perceived as victims themselves, there are also killers that do not deserve the right to walk freely. For example, in the example of Alyssa Bustamante, she took the life of young Elizabeth Olten while she was walking home from school. When asked what her motive was behind killing Olten, she told police she wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone. Bustamante was arrested and charged with first degree murder in the case of Elizabeth Olten. When she appeared in court, the judge insisted she be tried as an adult. When tried, Bustamante changed her plea to guilty in

I chose this video which is about a high speed pursuit involving the police and some motorcycles. The video clearly shows that the motorcycle riders were speeding excessively. It also clearly shows that the police officer was also speeding in his pursuit of them. This high speed chase actually led to the death of one of the motorcycle riders (please note, in no way, do I agree with the motorcycle riders and their disregard for the law).