Wrongfully Convicted Of Rape..


"A former football star who was exonerated after being falsely accused of rape cited 'privilege' in the Stanford rape case. 

Brian Banks, 30, spent a little over five years in prison after he plead no contest to a crime that he insisted he didn't commit at the age of 16.

Banks told 60 Minutes in a 2013 interview, that his lawyer feared he wouldn't get a fair trial, based on his age, size and race.

His plea of no contest allowed him to avoid a possible 41 years in jail but he was agreeing to a deal that would give him from 18 months to five years in prison, according to CBS News.

He was exonerated after his accuser was secretly recorded admitting that she made the whole thing up. 

But in the case of Brock Allen Turner, 20, who raped an unconscious 23-year-old woman at a frat party, a judge gave him only six months.

He had been facing a 10-year prison term for three felony counts of sexual assault, but was given just six months behind bars for his crime.

Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky said he weighed Turner's character, remorse, and lack of criminal history to bypass a heavier penalty.

In a statement that prompted a firestorm of criticism, Persky said jail time would have a 'severe impact' on Turner, who was initially portrayed as a well-dressed Division I college athlete through his yearbook photo.

Banks told the New York Daily News in an interview that Turner's sentence is a 'case of privilege'.

'It seems like the judge based his decision on lifestyle. He's lived such a good life and has never experienced anything serious in his life that would prepare him for prison.

'He was sheltered so much he wouldn't be able to survive prison. What about the kid who has nothing, he struggles to eat, struggles to get a fair education?

'What about the kid who has no choice who he is born to and has drug-addicted parents or a non-parent household? Where is the consideration for them when they commit a crime?'

Banks was also bothered by the actions of Turner's father, Dan A Turner who penned an open letter about the verdict of the rape case, arguing his son's jail sentence 'isn't an appropriate punishment' while referring to the assault as '20 minutes of action'.

'You know a man is guilty, so why aren't we unleashing half of the punishment that was unleashed on Brian Banks when he was innocent and there was no evidence?' Banks told CBS News.

'They gave me six years. They gave him six months.'

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