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http://www.scpr.org/programs/patt-morrison/2012/05/24/26645/brian-banks-finally-exonerated/
http://www.scpr.org/programs/madeleine-brand/2012/05/24/26634/brian-banks-long-beach-football-star-exonerated/
http://goo.gl/MbBK8
for those that may not have time to listen to the show...a summary
...A decade ago, former Long Beach Polytechnic high school football star Brian Banks was convicted of kidnapping and raping a classmate, but this morning his conviction was dismissed after his accuser recanted her story. .
You'll love this next part
Banks, who was 17 at the time of his trial, pleaded no contest to the charges in order to avoid the possibility of facing 40 years to life in prison in a conviction. He spent six years in prison and was under very restrictive parole (GPS tracking,little in the way of employment) until his accuser was recorded saying she wasn't raped and that she is afraid of coming forward because she might have to return the $1.5 million her family won from the Long Beach Unified School District in a civil suit.
basically, she recanted ( she wanted to let bygones be bygones) before a private investigator( not the law) but it was enough for brian to get an attorney from the california innocence project (they had never taken a claim from someone who served time and was done, but were just as outraged as i was hearing this) and have the L.A. D.A. overtune the conviction with little trouble.
by his own admission, he pleaded "no contest" on the advise of his attorney to get a lesser sentence
" as of now' the DA has no intention of pressing the matter furthur, and instituting charges against the accuser!!!!
this man in his interviews sounded so magnanimous (spelling?) i honestly can say that i wept, i understand he is due some compensation, but can't sue because it wasn't a false imprisonment as per his plead but can get up to $100/day of his detention i believe i heard.
but to think that my tax dollars went toward incarcerating him and keeping him on constant surveillance and registering him as a sex offender and now i am paying for his well deserved restitution and the false accuser has nothing to worry about "at this time" ??? i think this deservers a big WTF, bold capitals and all
i think she is due for a good azz kicking, and the line starts behind me, but i'm going to need at least half an hour
http://www.scpr.org/programs/madeleine-brand/2012/05/24/26634/brian-banks-long-beach-football-star-exonerated/
http://goo.gl/MbBK8
for those that may not have time to listen to the show...a summary
...A decade ago, former Long Beach Polytechnic high school football star Brian Banks was convicted of kidnapping and raping a classmate, but this morning his conviction was dismissed after his accuser recanted her story. .
You'll love this next part
Banks, who was 17 at the time of his trial, pleaded no contest to the charges in order to avoid the possibility of facing 40 years to life in prison in a conviction. He spent six years in prison and was under very restrictive parole (GPS tracking,little in the way of employment) until his accuser was recorded saying she wasn't raped and that she is afraid of coming forward because she might have to return the $1.5 million her family won from the Long Beach Unified School District in a civil suit.
basically, she recanted ( she wanted to let bygones be bygones) before a private investigator( not the law) but it was enough for brian to get an attorney from the california innocence project (they had never taken a claim from someone who served time and was done, but were just as outraged as i was hearing this) and have the L.A. D.A. overtune the conviction with little trouble.
by his own admission, he pleaded "no contest" on the advise of his attorney to get a lesser sentence
" as of now' the DA has no intention of pressing the matter furthur, and instituting charges against the accuser!!!!
this man in his interviews sounded so magnanimous (spelling?) i honestly can say that i wept, i understand he is due some compensation, but can't sue because it wasn't a false imprisonment as per his plead but can get up to $100/day of his detention i believe i heard.
but to think that my tax dollars went toward incarcerating him and keeping him on constant surveillance and registering him as a sex offender and now i am paying for his well deserved restitution and the false accuser has nothing to worry about "at this time" ??? i think this deservers a big WTF, bold capitals and all
i think she is due for a good azz kicking, and the line starts behind me, but i'm going to need at least half an hour
