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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

A Short Life Ends on Rikers Island, in a Place Where Suicide Isn't Supposed to Happen

A Short Life Ends on Rikers Island, in a Place Where Suicide Isn't Supposed to Happen

He was just 17 years old, charged with murder, accused of suffocating his infant daughter. He was a product of the city's foster-care system, his mother having abandoned him at birth. He had no money, little or no ties to family, and few friends. His only solid relationship—with his girlfriend, the mother of the dead infant—was collapsing.

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