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**Appeselve** · 05-26-2012, 07:29 PM

He was facing a 41-to-life sentence if he didn't take a plea.

That's why innocent people take pleas. 5 years vs. taking a chance at 41 to life? So you can wind up like all the innocent people released after decades of false imprisonment?

Even though there was no DNA evidence, Banks’ attorney advised him not to take the chance of staying in prison until he was 57 years old.

“She told me I was a big black teenager,” he said, “and no jury would believe anything I said.”

Banks spent five years and two months in prison. He had another five years on probation. Banks had to register as a sex offender and wear an ankle monitor. http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-foo...#ixzz1vzUC7pdJ

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Appeselve Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 520 Senior Member	He was facing a 41-to-life sentence if he didn't take a plea. That's why innocent people take pleas. 5 years vs. taking a chance at 41 to life? So you can wind up like all the innocent people released after decades of false imprisonment? Even though there was no DNA evidence, Banks’ attorney advised him not to take the chance of staying in prison until he was 57 years old. “She told me I was a big black teenager,” he said, “and no jury would believe anything I said.” Banks spent five years and two months in prison. He had another five years on probation. Banks had to register as a sex offender and wear an ankle monitor. http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-foo...#ixzz1vzUC7pdJ
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