Now the accuser is needing government assistance. This man's conviction was held on a bet that if he felt that he had everything to lose, he would plead guilty. The kid was a great gap blaster, and even played tight end with Marcedes Lewis. Banks was a star middle linebacker at Long Beach Polytechnic High School. He was sent to juvenile hall for a year before his case came up. Im sure he feared the court and jurors would be as unjust as the persons tempting him to sign that agreement.
He had been trying to get back into football since he was cleared on May 12, 2012. . People look at rape victims and see this bitch. Can you just imagine what he endured in prison?? According to Banks and his private investigator, Gibson has refused to admit to prosecutors that she lied to avoid having to return the money she and her family had won in court. For years, I felt like a toy with the switch cut off, sitting on the shelf. They are simply not after truth. In 2002, Banks was a 17-year-old football standout at Poly High, attending summer school ahead of his senior year, when he had what he always maintained was a consensual encounter with Gibson.
Using all those money for cracks and other illegal drugs or wasted on make strip clubs or useless partying? Susan Mellen of Torrance was released last fall after a judge found the 59-year-old woman innocent and called her accuser a habitual liar. Brian should have some just compensation. As for the one upmanship comments well actually it was a private investigation etc etc! The Salem Witch Trials shared 2 significant commonalities with rape trials today: 1 the difficulty of scant evidence, and 2 incentivization to accuse. Yes the school gets their money back, but what about Banks? Wanetta should be in jail. There just aren't words for how I feel about this atrocity!!! She is also, the article says, concerned that admitting what she did will adversely affect how her children regard her. It is racist of white people to want to have justice without an approval from Al Sharpton.
Banks maintained they had not had sex and all sexual contact had been consensual. I will continue to point out what an evil and vile individual she is. Anonymous When I read this story I was absolutely disgusted! Meanwhile, Banks, now 27, has been offered a chance to compete for a spot on the Atlanta Falcons roster. This is not the case at all. What about the kid who has nothing, he struggles to eat, struggles to get a fair education? This is where the real reform needs to occur. The problem with what is being suggested is simple. In a message, she explained she wanted to 'let bygones be bygones.
Once again, we should only be talking about those that are clearly caught lying beyond a shadow of a doubt such as this Gibson character. The reality is, it is cumbersome, unfair, and unjust. She can not have had sex with nit one person outside of wedlock otherwise she is deemed as a whore. Anonymous I could be wrong about this but the fact that the man had to plea guilty to a crime he didnt commit in order to not be punished even more harshly makes me so angry with the whole situation. Lost are years of learning and growing outside the confines of the brick walls and bars of the prison. How is that for justice. I felt raped every day i seen him and that sob would always smirk at me when he seen me.
Witchcraft accusers needed a mere claim to get remove neighbors from their houses or retaliate. On game days, he helps out in the officiating department with replays, reports the. She had admitted to Banks the alleged kidnap and rape did not happen, but did not want to tell prosecutors in case she lost the payout her family had won in a suit against Long Beach Schools. Well, the novelist part I can believe. I think about it everyday and though it saddens me I really don't think coming forward I would've been taken seriously nor would he he been prosecuted. Step back and look at it from a commoners viewpoint, and it all just seems nuts. Big time respect for Mr Banks.
Did they polygraph the accuser? A vast improvement over ancient civilizations. Miss Gibson would not have succeeded in her scam without the shoddy legal work of Mr. It makes perfect sense when you sit in a room, around a big table, and debate it. And, I commend you for your cool, rational replies in the face of irrational people. Officials from the nonprofit law firm could not be reached for comment late Wednesday. They are entrusted with being able to evaluate the evidence and to make responsible decisions about whether or not to bring charges.
It has gotten bogged down trying to serve so many masters. I fucking hate people like this. One can satisfy a thirst for vengeance by having an ex wrongfully sent to jail at mere allegation, or accuse for money as Wanetta Gibson did. After reading the whole article and everyone's comments that still makes me feel terrible. Anonymous I've been surprised to see how few people stop to consider the role of the prosecutor in the Brian Banks case. These laws limit a defendant's ability to cross-examine rape complainants about their past sexual behavior and prohibit the publication of the identity of an alleged rape victim.
A lawyer slacked off on the job and convinced an innocent man to plead guilty to a crime that was nothing more than a figment of Ms. And they have the mendacity to say they were the victim! Share Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said in a statement: 'We are pleased to have Brian join our team. All that money she stole from the school by suing it for permitting a rape that never happened? Implementation of a law against false accusations will stop victim from coming forward. Gibson should have to do hardcore community service and, or jail time for every day Banks suffered behind bars, in addition to restitution, etc. Gibson recanted her rape story to a private investigator in 2011, after she sent Banks a friend request on Facebook. What a horrifying human being she is.