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Criminal

Apr. 5, 2013

Exonerated man signs NFL contract

A California man who in 2002 was wrongfully convicted of rape and kidnapping signed a contract on Wednesday with the Atlanta Falcons football team.

By Hamed Aleaziz
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A California man who in 2002 was wrongfully convicted of rape and kidnapping signed a contract on Wednesday with the Atlanta Falcons football team.

Brian Banks, 27, served five years in prison in the early 2000s and became a registered sex offender upon his release. But a ruling last year by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark C. Kim exonerated Banks after the accuser recanted and admitted she had fabricated her sto...

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