The suicide of a young man who spent three years at Rikers Island before charges that he stole a backpack were dropped triggered a flood of criticism of the city Department of Correction.
But the New Yorker magazine article that made Kalief Browder famous last October faulted the Bronx District Attorney’s Office for dragging its feet on the case. Prosecutors repeatedly asked for postponements while offering Mr. Browder plea-bargains in hope of clearing it, the article said. He maintained his innocence and refused to plead.
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