Accused of a Sex Crime? Don't Talk to Anyone, Except a Criminal Attorney!
The Brian Banks case out of California brings into light one of the ugly problems that many criminal defense attorneys deal with all the time. The fact is that many of the defendants accused of criminal sexual behavior are in fact innocent. In the aforementioned Brian Banks case, the defendant plead to a sex crime charge, on the advice of his attorney, in order to escape a possible 41 year sentence. In taking the plea he was sentenced to 6 years in prison, parole, and was required to register as a sex offender.
The problem was that Banks did not commit the crime. Later, after he was released from prison, the victim recanted her earlier testimony and eventually Banks' conviction was reversed and he was exonerated.
Justice eventually was served in this case, but at t
