In 2014, at the age of 15, Prakash Churaman was arrested at his home at 6AM without a warrant. After driving him around for a few hours, police brought Churaman to the 113th Precinct and, as Churaman and his attorney maintain, coerced a confession out of him for a crime he did not commit. As reported in the Queens Daily Eagle, “Prosecutors say Churaman was one of the gunmen in a robbery gone wrong when Churaman, alongside two others, allegedly broke into his friend’s home and ended up fatally shooting [Taquane] Clark and injuring one other. An elderly woman who lived in the home during the robbery later told police that she recognized Churaman’s voice and identified him as one of the suspects. Her testimony, which is at the crux of the prosecution’s case, has been called into question by Churaman’s attorney.” Even after the court overturned Churaman’s conviction, he is still fighting to clear his name and is now facing a second trial after declining to take a plea deal.
In this episode of Rattling the Bars, Eddie Conway talks with Churaman and his attorney Jose Nieves about how the criminal justice system railroads juveniles into false confessions, and about the ongoing fight to get all charges against Churaman dropped.
Read the transcript of this interview: https://therealnews.com/how-juveniles-are-railroaded-by-the-criminal-justice-system
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Bryan Steven's said That there has never been more innocent people incarcerated in the US at any other point in history.
Every part of the criminal injustice is flawed and biased and corrupt from cops, prosecutor, judges, cop crime labs including forensic DNA interruption, our law makers who were themselves prosecutors. I find it horrifying that the mass public is so damn ignorant
Q: whet happened Prakash? A: Are you blind?
Sick
Never talk to the cops. Here it is explained by a lawyer and a cop:
https://youtu.be/d-7o9xYp7eE
Please watch this for yourself and those you love. Talking to police harms the innocent and the guilty.
15:32 The deal? Isn't it such a deal which is part of false confessions?
Free Julian Assange 💛✌️
I was arrested and charge d for tresspass on my own property and three other felonies added falsely prosecuted ycso staking me still
Cops get to retire b4 their misconduct and keep their pension and not get charged
Yes we need to educate our communities on how to protect themselves and their children. I disagree with you on one thing – there are no good cops. The good cops quit because they cannot stomach the injustice system. So, what's left in the barrel are the bad, rotten cops only. Also, you should put some more information for those who want to help this man.
Damm
Police are Hero's, they protect the public . If you believe this you are brain washed and blind tobwhatd going on around you. The police in Jesus day was just doing their job when they arrested and killed him.
Police are afraid of real criminals so they find a young kid they can scare into pleading guilty.
Thank you, Eddie, so much. Donating to Prakash.
During an "interview"/interrogation such as this ( especially when a parent/guardian is present) at what point does the parent/guardian or should they they intervene on behalf of their child and say ENOUGH, NO MORE QUESTIONS UNTIL MY CHILD HAS LEGAL REPRESENTATION!
…pressure should be placed on the Magistrate or whatever Judge is on duty to sign warrants to hold accountable ANY/EVERY/ALL Officers, Supervisor, etc. who submits false information for the sake of obtaining a baseless warrant…on the same subject, Prosecutors, Pre-trial Investigators, District Attorneys should be held accountable for not refusing charges on questionable cases and not destroy lives, regardless of age, ethnicity or ability/inability to make bail for the sake of the number (rather than the quality) of cases and the quality and validity of cases and arrests!
Thanks for bringing this to the publics attention
Putting a kid in jail for their formative years is deliberately creating a lifelong recidivist.
I wish you Godspeed to you all.
NYPD is probably the most corrupted agency in the US. how about the court upheld my conviction after me and the judge proved the cop was in fact lying. There is a special place in hell for these lawless crooked tyrants. One is stupid to believe that they can continually screw up peoples lives in this manner, and not think or believe that there won't be any consequences when all is said and done. There will be justice in the end. Weather you believe in God or not, he believes in you, and says "Vengeance is mine."
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Parents, teach your children not to talk to police.
Myself posted video: ''''Backpack Search and Seizure''''. My pinned comment worth reading.
Man this is infuriating and sad. I hope this young man gets his full freedom and the asses of everyone involved!!!
Why are we not holding these cops accountable? Even the prosecutor knows the game, and still it goes on.
The damage this behavior inflicts is incredible. Innocent families and individuals are being destroyed emotionally, financially and even physically.