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This is one of them.
This man, Brian Banks, was a high school football star. His life fell apart after he was accused of rape by a sixteen year old girl.
She later admitted that it was a lie. He had spent six years in prison at that point. This is him when he found out the case was dismissed.
At the time, he’d been offered a full scholarship to USC to play football. But at the time he got out, he was too out of form and unable to get back up to speed.
It is but one of many huge costs this man paid for this.
He was exonerated after his release, when he recorded a conversation with the woman who had accused him of the crime, where she admitted it never happened, but she was scared to go back on her claim for fear of losing the settlements money she’d received.
The woman was ordered to repay $2.6 million to the Unified School District (she’d sued the school for inadequate security).
Banks only received a measly sum of $150,000 for his time in prison.
Sadly, many people sit in prison right now for crimes they never committed. And they may never be released.
Our justice system needs serious reform.
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