Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar’s Statement on Dropping of Charges Against Prakash Churaman

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QUEENS, NY- Justice has been served with the dropping of all charges against Prakash Churaman. This is a victory for Mr. Churaman, for Queens, for the entire Indo-Caribbean community, and for the cause of justice. I congratulate Mr. Churaman on his freedom. His courage, determination and persistence throughout this 7.5 year ordeal was extraordinary, but he should not have had to suffer. In the coming weeks, as Chair of the State Assembly Subcommittee on Diversity in Law, I will be conducting an inquiry into what led to this injustice, so we can stop it from happening again.

As a civil rights attorney, I have seen firsthand how the justice system can fail defendants and deny them their right to due process. I have spent my career fighting to change this, bringing the voices of the vulnerable and disenfranchised into courts of law. Mr. Churaman’s victory was a victory for that cause. Thank you also to District Attorney Melinda Katz for doing the right thing and dropping the charges, showing that the hand of justice is fair in Queens.

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