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On October 24, 1871, 17 Chinese immigrants were brutally murdered and hanged by a mob in LA. The mob formed after a gun battle with several chinese gangsters left one white man dead, along with a wounded police officer. Find out how the story unfolds, and if anyone will face punishment.

This is the tragedy of Kalief Browder. A 16 year old child is sent to Rikers Prison after allegedly stealing a backpack, a camera, a credit card and an iPod. He spends over 3 years at Rikers but he was never even tried. It took 1,111 to be released for a crime he maintained he didn't commit. This episode looks at how you can be punished for exercising your right to a fair and speedy trial, how the police won't do you any favors, how the US is torturing prisoners, and how we need to address the mental health crisis. Donate to the ACLUhttps://action.aclu.org/give/nowDonate to the Marshall Projecthttps://www.themarshallproject.org/donate?via=7010d000000xq2jSourceshttps://law.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/solitaryconfinementreport.pdfhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/06/before-the-lawhttps://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/rikers-island-timeline-jail-origins-controversies-article-1.3001976https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/kalief-browder-1993-2015https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/1501-kalief-browder#https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/jim13st.pdfhttps://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/06/09/no-bail-less-hope-the-death-of-kalief-browderhttps://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/exclusive-kalief-browder-died-days-court-appearance-article-1.2254078https://www.essence.com/news/facts-about-kalief-browder-rikers-prison-documentary-jayz/https://www.uml.edu/news/stories/2019/cj_panel.aspxhttps://www.npr.org/2017/03/04/518527689/time-the-kalief-browder-story-depicts-issues-with-solitary-confinement