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Dolphins give tryout to man who was wrongly jailed for five years

The story did not say there would be a tryout. It said Miami would contact him about one. Heading should have said possible tryout vs. tryout.
 
What a great justice system we have. You can just make up a story about being raped and the person goes to jail. But yet, the real criminals walk the street without impunity. Time to shelf this antiquated system and catch up with 21st century c
rimes.
 
Not that I don't enjoy a robust discussion of our criminal justice system, but do we have any football-related info on him?

What is his size/weight? What position might he project to? What position did he play in HS?

It will certainly make for an interesting storyline for Hard Knocks. Move over Les Brown V.
 
MRojas4 said:
Probably isin't maybe it just feels that way?

Regardless, dude got screwed and I wish him the best.
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It's actually the other way around.

In a case of pure he-said/she-said, far more often than not, the man accused of rape is not convicted. There needs to be corroborating evidence, which may include but is not limited to: an immediate police report, forensic data collected from the victim immediately to prove they had sex, pictures of bruising or other marks that indicate a struggle, eye witness accounts, admissions of guilt by the accused.

I'm sorry for what happened to your buddy, if indeed he is innocent as he tells you, but I'd have to see a lot more of what went on with that case before I believe he got convicted wrongfully.

In this particular case, I can see two complicating factors that may have had an impact on Banks' lawyer telling him that a plea deal was his best bet. The first complicating factor is it sounds to me like he admitted they had sex. Without knowing a LOT more details, it's entirely conceivable that there may not have been physical evidence of the deed itself. That may or may not be true, I odn't know all the details of this case...just saying, if he admitted to having sex with her, that presents a problem.

The second complicating factor is the fact that she was 15 and he was 16. It is a little known fact but even if you're underage yourself, it's illegal to have sex with a minor. This particular age differential, her being 15 and him 16, may present a problem in that depending on the state's laws he may have been at the age of consent whereas she was still technically under it.

Whatever the case may be, it SOUNDS to me like whoever his lawyer was (court-assigned public defender?) at the time he was 16 and being accused...just completely screwed him over and gave him bad advice. I would say that happens a LOT more often than guys being thrown in jail for rape because it came down to he-said/she-said, without any marks or bruising to corroborate her story, and him being sent to prison because the courts sided with her story. Truthfully, I would say that almost never happens. But getting bad advice from a court-assigned public defender who has no interest in doing much work on your case and probably thinks you're guilty anyway due to his/her own prejudices...that happens.
 
At least he will have fresh legs and not taken a beating over the last 10 years of playing football. - The Bright Side
 
oasis said:
Not that I don't enjoy a robust discussion of our criminal justice system, but do we have any football-related info on him?

What is his size/weight? What position might he project to? What position did he play in HS?

It will certainly make for an interesting storyline for Hard Knocks. Move over Les Brown V.
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He was an MLB that had a full scholarship to USC.
 
Incidentally before everyone goes on the "bitch must die" war path, keep in mind...she was 15. I bet you've done some pretty stupid **** when you were 15 years old.

She didn't put him in jail. The justice system put him in jail. As I've been saying, rape convictions almost never come down to a simple he-said/she-said and everyone automatically siding with the woman. That **** just doesn't happen. IF he was in fact innocent of all this, then it was the justice system that should have upheld justice, but instead it threw him in jail. That's what you should blame, not some 15 year old kid that got scared and bullied around by her parents.

The other possibility to keep in mind is maybe he did do it. Maybe he did have sex with her even though she didn't want to, and it straddled a fine line between I don't want this to happen but I'm letting it happen anyway, to where she never really held it against him and eventually just felt really remorseful that he had to spend 5 years in jail over it. She's broke, or so I hear. She's already spent the settlement money and is on welfare. That may be why she reached out to him about recanting her story.
 
"Before the charges, Banks was a star middle linebacker at Long Beach Polytechnic High School and was attracting interest from college football powerhouses such as the University of Southern California, Ohio State University and the University of Michigan, according to the website Rivals.com, which tracks the recruiting of high school football and basketball players."
 
I'm honestly surprised that so many teams are trying him out. I remember initially reading about him and thinking his story is very sad but his chances of making an NFL roster right now are pretty close to zero.
 
ckparrothead said:
I'm honestly surprised that so many teams are trying him out. I remember initially reading about him and thinking his story is very sad but his chances of making an NFL roster right now are pretty close to zero.
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thought the same thing.
only thought was team gives him a tryout for a feel good story and a little PR bump. if he can still play... then its lottery gold.
but more than certain the guy gets his tryout, and gets cut.. its just too hard to make an NFL roster, especially with his unfortunate gap in football
 
This may seem rather silly at this point considering he's actually getting NFL tryout invites But was he that good coming out of H.S.?
 
A lot fo defensive coaches, especially for the Linebacker position are looking for someone with a chip on his shoulder


I dare to say there is anyone with as big of a chip on their shoulder as this kids'


Thats the making of a potentially scary good linebacker

A kid like this probably has his priorities in check too.
 
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