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In 2014, Deandre Charles was facing allegations of murdering Rabbi Joseph Raskin now the teen is suing the Miami-Dade Police Department and its lead homicide detective, Micheal Brajdic, for a wrongful arrest News One reported.

The evidence used against Charles was a suspect sketch that was alleged to be Charles. Law enforcement officials also claimed the 18-year-old DNA was on the murder weapon as well as the getaway car. Although, it was several suspects involved in the case.

The Miami Herald reported, Charles spent almost a year behind bars before prosecutors dropped the case against him.

Adam Goodman, one of Charles’ lawyers said,

“It was evident right away that Deandre was not responsible or involved with the unfortunate death of Rabbi Raksin. During the discovery process, it became clear that other suspects were involved, and ignored by MDPD and the State Attorney’s Office.”

“The lack of evidence against Deandre was alarming, and he spent almost a year of his high school life in jail due to this travesty” Goodman added.

Prosecutors also mentioned the DNA samples found on the gun were about 20 times more likely to be Charles’ rather than another person, which is “an extremely low number” in the DNA identification field. Adding insult to injury, Miami-Dade police knew the weapon that killed Raskin was used in a robbery seven miles from the murder scene the day before his death took place. However, police officials did not inform prosecutors of this information.

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