Pretrial Detention
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Many Held In NYC Jail Are Never Convicted
Many people are held in New York City jails for weeks or months before trial who are never ultimately convicted of a crime. Sep 20, 2013
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No Bail Money Keeps Poor People Behind Bars
Every day three quarters of the people sitting in a New York City jail are waiting for trial. Most are there for one simple reason: they are too poor to make bail. Sep 19, 2013
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Queens Man Going Free After Five Years as a Pretrial Detainee
Donovan Drayton is free. Sort of. A judge Wednesday sentenced Drayton to five years behind bars—almost exactly the amount of time he spent on Rikers Island as a pretrial detainee—plu... Sep 18, 2013
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Donovan Drayton was arrested and accused of murder days after a 30-year-old man’s bullet-riddled body was found in the doorway of a single-family home in South Jamaica Queens. Drayto... Sep 17, 2013
