Every single person who had a hand in this young man's incarceration and, ultimately, his death, should be ashamed. Unfortunately, they never are. In particular, Judge DiMango. As an officer of the court, she had the burden of protecting Kalief's rights. I do not care that the state of New York's court system is overwhelmed. She was notorious for scaring defendants into taking plea deals in order to get cases off her docket quickly. She did not care that the person may actually be innocent; that was beside the point. She wanted to keep her reputation of being a bully intact. Shame on her. I will never watch her ridiculous TV show again. She portrays herself as a funny, charismatic person.And while those things may or may not be true, her dark side is the part of her that should keep her awake at night.
Review of TIME: The Kalief Browder Story
