Quote:  According to some reports,   Freddie Gray has been convicted on some of the charges and that there was apparently plea bargaining deals that led to some of the charges being dropped.    Also,   there's uncertainty regarding how much time Gray has spent in prison.

 

  I hope in the coming days the information on Gray's complete record becomes public.    I think it's reasonable to ask the question whether the criminal justice system failed regarding Freddie Gray. 

 

More biographical information has come to light in recent days. Freddy Gray was a twin. He and his twin sister were born two months prematurely to a mother addicted to heroin. His family subsists at least partially on a "lead check", settlement payments from a successful lawsuit for lead poisoning when he was a child. When he was 22 months old his blood contained 37 micrograms of lead, over 7 times higher than the level at which the CDC calls for additional testing.

 

Quote:A child who was poisoned with lead is seven times more likely to drop out of school and six times more likely to end up in the juvenile justice system
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He has lived a life in intractable poverty, suffering from ADHD likely caused by the lead poisoning. His twin sister experiences periods of aggression.

 

It wasn't just the criminal justice system that failed Freddy Gray.

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