It can take years to get to trial, particularly in New York, where there are massive case backlogs. 1500 inmates at Riker's have been incarcerated for over a year without having been convicted of a crime. 400 of those have been there over two years. A young man (Kalief Browder) recently committed suicide two years after being released, having been held for over three years, most of it in solitary, before his robbery charges were dismissed.