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Banks Exoneration Seattle PI 5/24/12
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) —
First he cried. Then Brian Banks — exonerated of a rape conviction that cost him five years in prison — walked outside the courthouse and seized the moment of freedom he had dreamed of for so long. "This is the first step in reinventing my life," he said after a judge issued his ruling Thursday, promising to pursue the interrupted dream of playing pro football. It was the plan he left outside a prison door when he pleaded no contest to a childhood friend's false accusation of rape in 2002, a claim she has now recanted. The hearing that changed Banks' life took only minutes. Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Brentford Ferreira said his office conceded the case should be dismissed. Superior Court Judge Mark C. Kim concurred and quickly announced it was over.
First he cried. Then Brian Banks — exonerated of a rape conviction that cost him five years in prison — walked outside the courthouse and seized the moment of freedom he had dreamed of for so long. "This is the first step in reinventing my life," he said after a judge issued his ruling Thursday, promising to pursue the interrupted dream of playing pro football. It was the plan he left outside a prison door when he pleaded no contest to a childhood friend's false accusation of rape in 2002, a claim she has now recanted. The hearing that changed Banks' life took only minutes. Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Brentford Ferreira said his office conceded the case should be dismissed. Superior Court Judge Mark C. Kim concurred and quickly announced it was over.
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Read Brian's Petition filed on his behalf by the California Innocence Project: LEGAL FILING
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