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September 7, 2017

New York: Charges Dropped for Pedro Hernandez, Held Over 1 Year at Rikers
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In New York City, a Bronx prosecutor dropped charges against Pedro
Hernandez Wednesday, after the 18-year-old was imprisoned for more than
a year in the notorious Rikers Island jail awaiting trial for a crime he
says he did not commit. Hernandez's plight has drawn comparisons to the
case of Kalief Browder, another Bronx teen, who committed suicide at the
age of 22 after being held at Rikers for nearly three years without
trial for a crime he did not commit.


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