1
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[boy] Down.

2
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Hut... hut!

3
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[man narrating] <i>I remember
my first game of football.</i>

4
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<i>Something happened that afternoon
that's hard to explain.</i>

5
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<i>I felt like I could do anything.</i>

6
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<i>I felt...</i>

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<i>free.</i>

8
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<i>I didn't know much about
what that word meant then.</i>

9
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<i>Free.</i>

10
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<i>Not like I do now.</i>

11
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<i>Freedom doesn'tjust start
on the football field.</i>

12
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<i>It starts in the mind.</i>

13
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[whistle blows]

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- Banks, runnin' a cover two, ready?
- Break!

15
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- [hip hop playing: man rapping]
- Go right, go right.

16
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Wingback, wing.

17
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[shouts]

18
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[spectators cheering]

19
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[hip-hop, rapping continues]

20
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[laughs]

21
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- Yeah, bro.
- Yeah.

22
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Good hustle today, Banks.

23
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Thanks, Coach.

24
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Though it took a minute
for that muscle memory to kick in.

25
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I know we're not SC,
but we are glad to have you here.

26
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[phone ringing]

27
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[ringing continues]

28
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This is Brian.

29
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[man] <i>Need you in my office
9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, Banks.</i>

30
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Well, I thought our next meeting
wasn't until next month.

31
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<i>- Special meeting. Be there.</i>
- [line clicks]

32
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All right, listen up, children.

33
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Those of you who have seen the news,
I'm sure you know...

34
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Sacramento has implemented
a new law last week

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that all 290 registrants
who are currently on parole

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must wear one of these.

37
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It's a GPS tracking monitor
that you wear on your ankle.

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Put your hand down, son.
I already know your question.

39
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Can you take it off?

40
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The answer is never, ever.

41
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You must wear this thing 24/7.

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You charge it in the morning,
you charge it in the evening.

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Now remember,
you must be within LA County

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but cannot be within 2,000 feet
of a school or a park.

45
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Are we clear?

46
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You know I've been playing football
with Long Beach City College.

47
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Not anymore you're not.
You can't bust this thing up.

48
00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:03,751
- Can I just remove it while I play?
- [chuckles]

49
00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,400
- No, no. No way.
- But I gotta play, sir.

50
00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,836
See, I'm trying to work my way back
to a shot at the NFL.

51
00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,832
You know how many kids
tell me that every day?

52
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They wanna be in the NFL, NBA, rap stars.

53
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Forget about football.

54
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Boyhood dreams got no place
in a man's life.

55
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You need to concentrate
on getting employed.

56
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Or you can dick around,
end up right back in the system.

57
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It's on you. Next.

58
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[sighs]

59
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[groans, inhales]

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Oh, no, no, no, no, no!

61
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[shouting] No!

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Maybe they'll cut your time short.

63
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They ain't gonna cut it short.

64
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Well, maybe you can play football
when it's up.

65
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Mom, nobody starts playing football at 27.

66
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[TV: news anchor speaking, faint]

67
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[sirens wailing, faint]

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[sighs]

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[hip-hop: man rapping]
<i>♪ Yup, yup ♪</i>

70
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<i>♪ Uh-huh ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Uh-huh ♪</i>

72
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<i>♪ First things first
I been down with the clique ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Don't nobody get poppin' like this ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Many ways I could do it
I switch ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Up the game
Show cold, tight grip ♪</i>

76
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<i>♪ All I know is how to be me ♪</i>

77
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<i>♪ Haters all up in my face
Like it comin' 3-D ♪</i>

78
00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,189
<i>- ♪ 3-D? ♪
- ♪ 3-D, man, they comin' 3-D ♪</i>

79
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- [chattering, laughing]
<i>- ♪ That's why I gotta roll 300 deep ♪</i>

80
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- I think we'll get along good.
<i>- ♪ Beep beep, who got the damn keys? ♪</i>

81
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<i>♪ Cooler than an ice cube
Drop it in the tea ♪</i>

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[rapping continues]

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[grunts]

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<i>Today marks the culmination
of a five-year battle</i>

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<i>by the California Innocence Project
to right a terrible wrong.</i>

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<i>Twenty-one years ago, this man
was convicted and locked away</i>

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<i>for a crime he didn't commit.</i>

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Write 'em again.

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[man]
<i>The truth is, Mr. Hanline is innocent.</i>

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They already turned me down, Mom.

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This time don't tell 'em
about your case.

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Tell 'em about you.

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Tell 'em who you are.

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[Brian] <i>Dear Mr. Brooks,</i>

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<i>I'm writing you again in the hope</i>

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<i>that the California Innocence Project
will reconsider my case.</i>

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<i>I know you hear from a lot of people.</i>

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<i>But maybe if you got to know me,
you might reconsider.</i>

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<i>Let me state clearly and unequivocally
I am innocent.</i>

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<i>I spent six years in prison
and the past three on parole</i>

101
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<i>for a sex offense that I did not commit.</i>

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<i>I wrote you two years ago from CMC
and you turned me down.</i>

103
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<i>But I don't stay down. Not for long.</i>

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<i>I learned that in prison,
and I learned it growing up, too.</i>

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<i>You see, I played a lot of football
when I was young.</i>

106
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<i>And it wasn't all ice cream
and pizza parties.</i>

107
00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:02,116
<i>No, sir.</i>

108
00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,680
<i>- I had a different walk home.</i>
- [chattering]

109
00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:08,836
<i>Life in Long Beach was for real</i>

110
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<i>and it was hard to see a way out.</i>

111
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- [police radio chatter]
- [officer shouting]

112
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<i>But football gave me an option.</i>

113
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<i>It taught me discipline and dedication,</i>

114
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<i>and strangely, it gave me faith.</i>

115
00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,754
<i>Because Mom said my talent
was God-given.</i>

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<i>So each night I promised
to give something back in return.</i>

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<i>By the time I was 16,</i>

118
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<i>I wasn'tjust your average
high school football player.</i>

119
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<i>I was what they called a "sure thing."</i>

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[announcer]
<i>All-American Brian Banks with the tackle!</i>

121
00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:48,074
<i>Brutal hit by Brian Banks,
all the way up here in the press box.</i>

122
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[Brian] <i>I played middle linebacker
on one of the best teams in the country.</i>

123
00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,595
<i>We had two thousand fans at every game.</i>

124
00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,519
<i>But to be honest, I only heard one.</i>

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Yes! That's my baby!

126
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[announcer]
<i>The sky is the limit for this kid...</i>

127
00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:03,919
[Brian] <i>Even though
I was just a sophomore,</i>

128
00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,957
<i>I had the attention of the media...</i>

129
00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,033
Big game coming up, Brian.
Remember we're doing that feature on you.

130
00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:12,115
- You'll call me, right? Great game.
- Yes, sir.

131
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[Brian]
<i>and the best coach in college football...</i>

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- Let's go! Push it up!
- Hey, Coach Carroll.

133
00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,515
- Brian!
<i>- Coach Pete Carroll of USC.</i>

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Good to see you, man. Just reviewed
the tape on you from last season.

135
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- Amazing.
- Thanks, Coach.

136
00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:25,273
Can't wait to see what you bring today.

137
00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,696
We do this right we're not just
talking about the Rose Bowl,

138
00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:29,951
we're talking NFL
and a lifetime of opportunities.

139
00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,111
<i>Coach Carroll was someone I looked up to,</i>

140
00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,999
<i>and his belief in me
made a world of difference.</i>

141
00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:36,920
What did it say?

142
00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:39,753
- USC.
- Huh?

143
00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,840
- It says USC!
- Yeah. [laughs]

144
00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,357
[Brian]
<i>But all that changed on July 8th, 2002.</i>

145
00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:51,678
<i>You know that feeling you get
that tells you something is off?</i>

146
00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,751
<i>Some say it's the voice of God.</i>

147
00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,039
<i>Had I listened to that voice
we might not be here today.</i>

148
00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:02,200
<i>But I didn't.</i>

149
00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:04,513
<i>And here we are.</i>

150
00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:13,720
[people squealing, chattering]

151
00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,435
[phone ringing]

152
00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,079
Yo, wait. Hold up, hold up.

153
00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,470
- Yeah.
- Pack it up. Get outta there.

154
00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:25,576
- I'm not done with the job yet.
<i>- No, you are done.</i>

155
00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,035
The monitor says
that you're at Pomona fairgrounds.

156
00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,715
"Fair" and "sex offender"
do not go together, Banks.

157
00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,951
Look, sir, we're only here
for a couple more hours.

158
00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:35,111
You know how long it took me
to get this job?

159
00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,576
- If I leave now I get fired.
<i>- Yeah. If you don't leave now,</i>

160
00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:39,671
might as well drive yourself
straight to county.

161
00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,356
<i>Pack it up. Get your ass outta there.</i>

162
00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:52,119
[Justin] <i>All right, so I'm innocent.
What are my options?</i>

163
00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:53,953
Anybody?

164
00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,635
Come on, what are my options? Yes?

165
00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:58,319
Um, take it to the Supreme Court?

166
00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:01,359
No. You have no constitutional right
to take it to the Supreme Court,

167
00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,717
even if you're innocent. The best
you can do is take it to the state level.

168
00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,031
And good luck with that in California.

169
00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,760
Because?
I'm gonna keep tellin' you guys this.

170
00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,516
It is almost impossible to overturn
a conviction here in California.

171
00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,434
We make those people out in Alabama
look like a bunch of liberals.

172
00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:21,640
I quote, "New evidence must completely
undermine the prosecution's case

173
00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,679
and point unerringly to innocence."

174
00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,596
All right?
That's it for today. Thanks.

175
00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:33,952
Mr. Brooks, I'm Brian Banks.

176
00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,192
Oh, hey, Brian.
Yeah, you're the football player, right?

177
00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:41,270
- You got my letter.
- I got your letters, plural, right?

178
00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,475
Look, Brian,
I know Alissa explained to you

179
00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:46,677
we only work
with wrongly imprisoned people.

180
00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:50,800
- I was wrongly imprisoned...
- I know, I know, but you're out now. Okay?

181
00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:53,118
It's a good thing, and you took a plea.

182
00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,936
- I only took the plea 'cause I was...
- You don't have to explain. It's okay.

183
00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,714
It's okay. Ninety-seven percent
of all cases plead out.

184
00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,793
But you didn't go to trial
so you can't appeal.

185
00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:05,317
- There's nothing you can do.
- There's always something you can do.

186
00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,074
- You can file a habeas petition.
- A what?

187
00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:09,913
It's a writ of habeas corpus.

188
00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,271
You challenge the conviction
based on new evidence.

189
00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:14,496
But if you were paying attention in there
you heard me.

190
00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:16,910
It's gotta be damn good evidence,
all right?

191
00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,879
- I gotta go.
- Let me tell you about my DNA evidence.

192
00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,429
Which you had at the time, right,
and you didn't use it.

193
00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:25,216
That's what I'm trying to tell you, Brian.
You need something new.

194
00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:26,310
New piece of evidence.

195
00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,871
A new witness who can place you somewhere
else at the time of the incident,

196
00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:32,031
or a recantation by the complainant.

197
00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:33,315
What's that?

198
00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:35,955
Well, basically the girl
would have to say you didn't do it.

199
00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,750
Come on. I go anywhere near that girl,
they're gonna put me right back in prison.

200
00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:43,436
And ain't no way that girl gonna flip.
She got paid a million and a half bucks.

201
00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:45,710
She what?

202
00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,440
Her and her mom sued the school district
for lack of security.

203
00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:49,749
They got one-point-five.

204
00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,834
All right. Well, look, Brian,
I've got clients,

205
00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:59,840
innocent people,
they've been locked up 20, 30 years.

206
00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:02,640
They'd love to be able to take
a nice drive to San Diego.

207
00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,396
The criminal justice system is messed up.

208
00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,790
It's supposed to be innocent
until proven guilty.

209
00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,476
In a lot of cases it's the exact opposite.

210
00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:12,873
Sounds like yours included.

211
00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:14,756
I'm sorry.

212
00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:19,033
What's that thing called again?

213
00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:20,716
A writ of what?

214
00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:23,554
Habeas corpus.

215
00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:27,399
[man rapping]
<i>♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪</i>

216
00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:30,517
<i>♪ I'm the master of my own fate ♪</i>

217
00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:32,671
<i>♪ I keep my head
And it's on straight ♪</i>

218
00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:35,358
<i>♪ 'Cause opportunities
They don't wait ♪</i>

219
00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:37,750
<i>♪ And you miss every shot
That you don't take ♪</i>

220
00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,153
<i>♪ So what you want, what you need ♪</i>

221
00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,880
<i>♪ They're the milk and honey
But ain't nothin' free ♪</i>

222
00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,270
<i>♪ Tryin' to run a faster mile
Without my cleats ♪</i>

223
00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:47,556
<i>♪ Asked before
Can you show me somethin', please? ♪</i>

224
00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:50,597
<i>♪ I'mma lift myself up ♪</i>

225
00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:53,149
<i>♪ I'mma be better than I was ♪</i>

226
00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,914
<i>♪ I know the world got a few bumps
But it's almost my time ♪</i>

227
00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,559
<i>♪ I'll be ready when it comes ♪</i>

228
00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:02,679
[weights clinking]

229
00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:06,071
Hey, Corey, look, man. I really appreciate
what you're trying to do.

230
00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,312
But I ain't gonna be surprised
if the owner's got a problem with this.

231
00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,120
Brian, I've known you since we were kids.

232
00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,034
I'm gonna talk to the owner,
let him know you're a straight-up dude,

233
00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,200
and he has nothing to worry about
because he doesn't.

234
00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:18,760
- Hey, thanks, man.
- I got you.

235
00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:20,194
That means the world, all right?

236
00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:22,359
Hey, Karina, come here for a sec.

237
00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,913
I want to introduce you to my man Brian.
He's gonna be working here soon.

238
00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,753
Great. Nice to meet you.

239
00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:29,496
Let me tell you something about this dude.

240
00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:32,718
Like, back in the day,
baddest football player ever.

241
00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,918
- Yeah. I'm tellin' you.
- You don't play anymore?

242
00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:38,671
I'm not in playing shape right now.

243
00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:40,040
Karina could help you with that.

244
00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:44,478
I mean, this girl right here is fierce.
Get you back in tip-top shape in no time.

245
00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,631
So listen, I'mma call you in a few days.

246
00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,916
All right. Thanks again.

247
00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,878
- Really.
- No problem, man. I got you.

248
00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:55,194
Corey's great. Treats people really well.

249
00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:57,351
He's steppin' out for me,
that's for sure.

250
00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:00,074
So, are you gonna work out?

251
00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,198
I'm thinking about it.
Corey said it was cool, so, you know...

252
00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,312
Well, I can train you, if you want.

253
00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,757
Oh, wow, look,
that's really generous, thank you.

254
00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,071
But things have been kind of tight
for me lately, so...

255
00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:12,160
No problem.

256
00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,039
First session is complimentary. Really.

257
00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:17,877
Come on. Let's see what you got.

258
00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,310
Push it. Nice. Arch the back.

259
00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,074
Four, three, five, six.

260
00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:27,874
Both arms.

261
00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,153
Both arms. Up.

262
00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:34,195
And rest. Nice.

263
00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:35,640
Yeah.

264
00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,631
- Hey, let's go.
- Oh, yeah, in a minute.

265
00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:46,232
Nice, nice. Okay.

266
00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,396
Pump those knees, stick the landing.

267
00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:51,630
Give me ten.

268
00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,036
Okay.

269
00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,754
So, I wanted to get my master's, but...

270
00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:05,754
I have so many student loans

271
00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:09,880
that I just thought, you know,
why not take a break.

272
00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,875
Work, chip away at some of that debt.

273
00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,434
And before I knew it
two years turned into five

274
00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,399
and still not in grad school, but...

275
00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:20,834
So, what you studying?

276
00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:23,034
I majored in art.

277
00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:26,033
What? That's cool.

278
00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,431
Anyway, Columbia is the dream
for grad school,

279
00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:30,954
so fingers crossed.

280
00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,032
Hey, got 'em crossed.

281
00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:36,394
Anyway, what about you?

282
00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,951
- You used to be a football player.
- Yeah.

283
00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:41,640
But you don't play anymore?

284
00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:43,514
I'm hopin' to.

285
00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:45,953
What happened? Why don't you play?

286
00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:52,557
Okay, Karina, look,
if we're gonna hang out, be friends...

287
00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,556
there's something I gotta tell you.

288
00:16:57,280 --> 00:16:58,475
Okay.

289
00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:07,439
When I was 16, I was accused
of something that I didn't do.

290
00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,155
Now, this is back in high school,
you know.

291
00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:15,951
I was on my way to USC,
full ride, football, everything, right?

292
00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:20,557
This young lady falsely accused me...
[audio fades out]

293
00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:35,112
I've just been working to get
my life back and clear my name.

294
00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,157
- Uh...
- Yeah.

295
00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:41,435
I, um...

296
00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:45,672
I have to go back to work.

297
00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,400
- I'm sorry. Let me...
- Yeah, no. I mean, it's your job.

298
00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:50,631
I'll give you... I-I'll give you something.

299
00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:52,234
No, don't worry about it.

300
00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,391
I got it. I got it, yeah.

301
00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:58,235
- I'll see you at the gym, okay?
- It's okay. It's okay. Yeah.

302
00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:08,516
[door opens]

303
00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:09,716
- Mom.
- [door closes]

304
00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:12,510
Mom!

305
00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:14,954
[keys land on table]

306
00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:47,032
[reading aloud in a whisper]

307
00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,351
[man] <i>Your assignment this week
is to copy this...</i>

308
00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:04,638
<i>and tape it to your cell wall where
you can see it morning, noon, and night.</i>

309
00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,599
This circle is your life.

310
00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,478
And the goal is to travel this circle...

311
00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,678
until you get back to who you are.

312
00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:21,315
Now, most people never make it
because of this.

313
00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,119
In here are distractions.

314
00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,637
You gotta have more,
you gotta make more.

315
00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:32,996
You gotta keep up with the Joneses.

316
00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:35,552
But you gentlemen have been given a gift.

317
00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,471
You've been removed
from these distractions.

318
00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:41,520
You can't get more.

319
00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,193
You can't make more.

320
00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:47,674
Given the right perspective,
prison can set you free.

321
00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:53,271
And your despair can become a doorway.

322
00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:56,596
<i>Use that despair</i>

323
00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:01,471
<i>and never give up
on what lives within you.</i>

324
00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,896
- [line rings]
- [woman] <i>California Innocence Project.</i>

325
00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,709
Hi. This is Brian Banks.
May I please speak to Alissa Bjerkhoel.

326
00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:15,400
[knocks]

327
00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,040
It's Brian Banks again.
You want to take it or you want me to?

328
00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:20,351
- No, no, no. I got it, I got it.
- Okay.

329
00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:26,278
- [beeps]
- Brian.

330
00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,269
Hey, I saw your habeas petition.

331
00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:31,477
You can't just put us down
as your attorneys, Brian.

332
00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,280
I had to put somebody down
just in case they gave me a hearing,

333
00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:36,256
- which they're not gonna do because...
<i>- Yeah, I know.</i>

334
00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:37,600
They sent me a copy of this.

335
00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:39,536
I tried to tell you,
you need some new evidence.

336
00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:40,914
<i>So help me find some.</i>

337
00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,280
It's out there, it's gotta be,
'cause I'm innocent.

338
00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,518
We've had prisoners put together
their own habeas petitions before.

339
00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,633
Never very good, but, uh...

340
00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:50,915
but this is...

341
00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,520
Guys, I see you hiding out there.
Why don't you just come on in?

342
00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:56,456
You sure you didn't have
any help with this?

343
00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:57,800
You didn't give me any, remember?

344
00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:02,511
Right. Well, you got a real fan club
up here, Brian.

345
00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,358
I'm gonna have a mutiny on my hands
unless we do something,

346
00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,911
so Marilyn and Alissa
are gonna head up to Los Angeles,

347
00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,753
ask you a few questions, all right?

348
00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,480
Meanwhile, I don't want you
to go outside county lines.

349
00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,119
Does that mean you're taking on my case?

350
00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,431
No. It doesn't mean that.

351
00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:21,955
In fact, I'm hesitant to even have
this conversation with you

352
00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:23,759
for fear I'm gonna get your hopes up.

353
00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:28,156
But if we have an inkling
that we can help somebody out,

354
00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,277
we try and at least grant 'em
an interview.

355
00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:32,669
So you have an inkling?

356
00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,237
- No, I didn't say that.
- You just did.

357
00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,676
- You definitely did.
- No, I said if I have an inkling.

358
00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:41,515
<i>Inkling: a slight knowledge, hint,
or suspicion. Middle English origin.</i>

359
00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,056
I read the dictionary twice
when I was in prison, Mr. Brooks...

360
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,231
- We gotta go, Brian.
- [phone clicks]

361
00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:49,675
- Happy?
- Come on, let's go.

362
00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,358
So, is it okay if we record you?

363
00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,715
- Absolutely.
- Okay.

364
00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,429
Now we need you
to walk us through the incident.

365
00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:06,799
Can you tell us what happened that day?

366
00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,520
I just left history class.

367
00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,079
- I was going to call this reporter.
- [line ringing]

368
00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,549
<i>- This is Mike. Leave a message.</i>
- [voice mail beeps]

369
00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:20,871
Hey, Mr. Paley, it's Brian Banks.

370
00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,953
Um... guess I'll just try you
after school.

371
00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:27,837
[Brian]
<i>Her name was Kennisha Rice.</i>

372
00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:31,473
<i>I knew her from middle school.</i>

373
00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,870
<i>Her and her sister Ava.</i>

374
00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:37,075
Hey, Kennisha, what up?
What you doin'?

375
00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:38,954
Bathroom.

376
00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:41,194
Bathroom that way.

377
00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,556
I was gonna go to the 700 building.

378
00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:46,273
I mean, you want me to walk with you?

379
00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:48,195
Okay.

380
00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:49,789
- Okay.
- [Kennisha giggles]

381
00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,793
[Brian]
<i>The 700 building was across campus.</i>

382
00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:54,917
[Brian chattering, indistinct]

383
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,913
<i>It had this place
where everybody went to make out.</i>

384
00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,875
<i>The whole school knew about it,
that if you liked a girl</i>

385
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:05,872
<i>and a girl liked you...</i>

386
00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:08,599
<i>you always ended up there.</i>

387
00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,416
<i>- But it was tricky to get to.</i>
- [man] Your homework will be chapter...

388
00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:18,878
<i>There was this long hallway,
and you had to be really quiet.</i>

389
00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,075
<i>- But if you made it through...</i>
- [Kennisha giggling]

390
00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,072
<i>you were on your own.</i>

391
00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:26,996
<i>Usually.</i>

392
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,474
What you tryin' to do, though?
What's up?

393
00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,755
- [door opens]
- [woman chattering]

394
00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:50,310
[Brian] <i>And then I was thinking,
what are you doing?</i>

395
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:54,715
If we get caught,
then I get kicked out of summer school,

396
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,792
and that could mess up
the whole football season.

397
00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,159
So when I heard the teacher,

398
00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:01,953
I-I stopped.

399
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:04,435
I stopped.

400
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,955
Hey, look, I ain't really
feelin' this no more, so...

401
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:13,157
um... you go out that way,
I'm gonna go out that door.

402
00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:14,920
All right?

403
00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:19,114
[Brian] <i>There's just so many things
I could have said.</i>

404
00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:23,273
"I didn't want you
to get in trouble," or...

405
00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,880
<i>"I just don't think
this is special enough of a place."</i>

406
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:28,519
[door closes]

407
00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,311
But I w... I was 16.

408
00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,033
I wasn't grown-up enough.

409
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,113
And to be honest,

410
00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,671
I just went back to class
and I forgot about it.

411
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,434
But she didn't forget.

412
00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,158
[Brian] <i>She went back to math class.</i>

413
00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:57,520
<i>Was with her friend Shayla.</i>

414
00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,791
[teacher speaking, faint]

415
00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,118
<i>And that's where it all went wrong.</i>

416
00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,989
<i>While she and her mom
were with the police...</i>

417
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:10,590
Show us where.

418
00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:12,834
<i>I was at home.</i>

419
00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,196
<i>I still remember my dream.</i>

420
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,840
[crowd cheering]

421
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,760
<i>It was that same feeling I had
when I was a kid.</i>

422
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,836
<i>The feeling of being free.</i>

423
00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:33,352
- Don't move! Let's go!
- Put it on the wrist.

424
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,296
- Put your hands behind your back.
- Wait, wait, wait a minute.

425
00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,056
- Wait a minute, wait a minute.
- Get him cuffed. Shut up.

426
00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:38,616
- But I didn't do nothing.
- Get him up!

427
00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,599
I didn't do nothing! Mom! Mom!

428
00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:43,360
- Mom! Mom!
- Let's get him up! Get him up!

429
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,551
- Get him out of here!
- Mom, I didn't do nothing!

430
00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,439
- I didn't do nothing.
- Where are you taking my son?

431
00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:50,876
- Brian! Brian!
- Mom! I didn't do nothing!

432
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,590
Brian! Stop! Brian!

433
00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:56,960
Brian!

434
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,520
[Alissa]
Brian's problem is that he told the truth.

435
00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,035
Without legal counsel present
he admitted

436
00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:06,032
to being in the stairwell with Kennisha,

437
00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:08,555
and the DA determined
there was probable cause.

438
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,394
Two months later Brian was removed
from juvenile court

439
00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:12,960
and tried as an adult.

440
00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:14,997
Two counts of felony rape

441
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,312
and one count of sodomy with
an enhanced circumstance of kidnapping.

442
00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,518
His mother had to sell their house
and their car to afford a new attorney.

443
00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,599
According to the record, every time
Kennisha told her story it changed.

444
00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:26,558
And how did he drag her down a hallway

445
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,916
by a bunch of open classrooms
without being noticed?

446
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,471
Exactly. Unfortunately,
no one ever visited the hallway...

447
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:34,358
not the attorneys, not the investigators.

448
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,875
- And the DNA evidence?
- It came back negative.

449
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,873
Which supports Brian's assertion
they never had sex.

450
00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,714
So why did he plea? Did you ask him?

451
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,471
I'm sorry, folks.
We need a 30-minute recess

452
00:26:57,560 --> 00:26:59,995
while I meet with counsel in chambers.

453
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,673
[gavel bangs]

454
00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:12,999
I got some good news.
I worked out a deal with the DA.

455
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:17,350
- They're gonna drop the charges?
- Kidnapping and sodomy charges

456
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,080
if you agree to plead no contest
to one count of rape.

457
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:22,034
What's "no contest"?

458
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:23,720
It means you don't contest the charges.

459
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,800
You don't plead guilty,
you don't plead not guilty.

460
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,559
But I am not guilty.

461
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,791
Brian, I have seen this too many times.

462
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:33,590
You admitted to some intimate contact,
so it comes down to consent.

463
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:34,830
[exhales]

464
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:36,798
Who's the jury gonna believe?

465
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,156
And did you see
all those white folks out there?

466
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,872
All they see is a big black teenager
accused of rape.

467
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,953
And if any of them end up on the jury
they're gonna find you guilty.

468
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,871
But if you take this deal
you are almost guaranteed probation.

469
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,056
And in three months' time
you can be back to your family,

470
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:53,992
back to your life,
back to playing football.

471
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:55,480
You'd be free.

472
00:27:58,080 --> 00:27:59,833
Can I talk to my mom about this?

473
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,040
No, Brian.

474
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,635
You've been charged as an adult and
you need to make this decision yourself.

475
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,677
And they've only given us
ten minutes to decide.

476
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,150
- Ten minutes?
- Then the deal is off the table.

477
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:14,118
You need to decide now.

478
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,271
You wanna go home, put this behind you,

479
00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:19,239
or do you want to risk your whole life
for something you didn't do?

480
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:22,479
Ten minutes, Brian.

481
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:27,997
[door opens]

482
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:30,633
[door closes]

483
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:37,875
<i>So, Mr. Banks,</i>

484
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,440
it's my understanding
that you wish to enter a plea.

485
00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:42,109
Is that correct?

486
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,155
Uh, yes. Yes, sir.

487
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:57,115
[judge] <i>Now, you understand
that a plea of no contest</i>

488
00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,396
<i>has the same legal effect
as a plea of guilty,</i>

489
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:04,519
that you will be required to register as
a sex offender for the rest of your life.

490
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:05,954
Do you understand that?

491
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:09,640
Mr. Banks?

492
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:12,674
Do you understand?

493
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:20,195
Yes, sir.

494
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,312
Brian Keith Banks,

495
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:24,914
on count one,

496
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,150
that you committed the crime
of forcible rape, a felony,

497
00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:29,240
how do you plead?

498
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,756
N-No... No contest.

499
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:35,194
[engine starts]

500
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:38,479
Probation is denied.

501
00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:44,437
Defendant is to be imprisoned
for a total of six years,

502
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,160
followed by five years
of supervised parole.

503
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,755
- [spectators gasping, murmuring]
- [gavel bangs]

504
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:51,115
No! No!

505
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:52,856
- No, no. Wait, wait...
- This is not right.

506
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:54,216
- That's what you get.
- This isn't right.

507
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,152
- Six years?
- Judge, my son is innocent...

508
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:57,913
- No. Wait. Mom, Mom.
- Brian.

509
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,281
Mrs. Ford, you were supposed
to keep my son out of prison.

510
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:02,039
You didn't say six years.

511
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,158
You ain't say nothing
about six years. Mom! Mom!

512
00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:07,000
Now you about to pay
for raping my daughter.

513
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:08,719
Hold on. Wait a minute, wait a minute.

514
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,157
My son is innocent! My son is innocent!

515
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,631
<i>My son is innocent!</i>

516
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:23,680
Really good job, you guys.

517
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,951
You laid out the facts of the case
really clearly.

518
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,475
How does any of this help Brian?

519
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,155
- What about the DNA?
- There are no witnesses.

520
00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:35,712
Guys. I know, I know.
A lot of really bad stuff happened.

521
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,160
Not to mention he got questionable advice
from his attorney.

522
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:41,790
But they had the DNA evidence,
all right? And they didn't use it.

523
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:42,996
We can't either.

524
00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,312
Right? There's nothing new here, guys.

525
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:49,189
Alissa, Marilyn, I sent you guys
up to LA to dig around.

526
00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,480
Did you find any new evidence
that hasn't been submitted?

527
00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:53,960
Okay, there was never a trial,

528
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,056
so there have to be witnesses
that weren't questioned.

529
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:58,336
- We can find them and talk to them.
- And when are we gonna do that?

530
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:02,036
Are we gonna take away time from cases
we have a legitimate chance of winning?

531
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,336
The Johnson case is definitely gonna push.
I'll find the time.

532
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:07,637
I've got spring break coming up. I can
use my time to question a few people.

533
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:09,956
- I've got time. I'm happy to help.
- Me too.

534
00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:11,713
- I'll help.
- I can.

535
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,998
- [all chattering]
- [man] He's innocent. We got this.

536
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:18,554
[whispers] This is your fault.

537
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,360
[phone ringing]

538
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:28,076
This is Brian.

539
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,038
Hey, Brian, it's Alissa.

540
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:34,238
Uh, do you have
your 2002 yearbook by chance?

541
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:35,320
- Yeah.
<i>- Okay, great.</i>

542
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,096
Do you think you can identify
some of the students

543
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:38,360
you went to summer school with?

544
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,359
Oh, yes, ma'am. Right away.

545
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,034
[phone line ringing]

546
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,680
<i>- What's up?</i>
- Hey, yo, Eli, what's up, man? It's B.

547
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:54,914
Yeah, it's been a while, man.

548
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:04,279
And then out of the blue Kennisha says,

549
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,154
"Well, just so you know,
I wasn't even really raped.

550
00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:10,278
I only said that so my mom wouldn't
find out I was getting with boys."

551
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,275
Shayla, would you be willing
to put all of this in writing?

552
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,111
- Yeah.
- That's great.

553
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:25,919
I'm sorry, man.

554
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,514
Hey, you tried, man.

555
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:29,753
- You tried.
- Yep.

556
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:35,280
Brian?

557
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,474
How'd it go with Corey?
Did you get the job?

558
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,715
Actually, the owner said no.

559
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:49,079
But Corey, no, he was great.
Really went to bat for me.

560
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,873
Listen, I'm sorry about the other day.

561
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:57,715
It's fine. Look, there's no good way
to tell a bad story, all right?

562
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,715
And no matter how I tell it,

563
00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,395
people are always gonna wonder
if I'm telling the truth, so...

564
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:05,392
I'm not wondering anymore.

565
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,119
Corey and I spoke, and I know now

566
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,396
that you didn't deserve
what happened to you.

567
00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:13,840
You know, the other day,

568
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:16,833
I hesitated when I told you
I was an art major.

569
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,719
That's because whenever I say it
people judge me.

570
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,355
Brian, I judged you.

571
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,197
And I am so sorry.

572
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:30,797
In football we used to say,

573
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,480
you spend too much time
thinking about the last play...

574
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:37,997
you won't be ready for the next one.

575
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:42,398
So you wanna work out with me?

576
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:45,391
First session's complimentary.

577
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:51,950
Brian?

578
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:55,999
I'm not gonna work out in this.

579
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:57,878
[laughs]

580
00:33:57,960 --> 00:33:59,792
I'll be back in five minutes.

581
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,194
Five minutes. Don't lock me out.

582
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:13,558
- [men vocalizing]
- [clapping in rhythm]

583
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:16,872
<i>♪ While my heart's still beating ♪</i>

584
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:20,351
<i>♪ Take me alive ♪</i>
One more time, everybody, now.

585
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:25,312
[men vocalizing]

586
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:31,198
<i>♪ While my heart's still beating ♪</i>

587
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,033
<i>♪ Take me alive ♪</i>

588
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:39,513
<i>♪ And while my heart's still beating ♪</i>

589
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:41,956
<i>♪ Take me alive ♪</i>

590
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,600
[cheering, applause]

591
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:49,791
Give it up for Justin!

592
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:53,109
Thank you all,

593
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:55,999
and don't let my playing
affect your donations.

594
00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:58,231
[all laughing]

595
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:00,039
You're a man of many talents.

596
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:01,196
Hey.

597
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:04,111
When I was younger
I wanted to be a rock star.

598
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:07,238
If I could've sung worth a lick
I never would've gone to law school.

599
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,277
Lucky for me you can't sing.

600
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:10,589
Was it that bad?

601
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:12,794
It was pretty bad.

602
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,678
So I'm guessing Alissa told you
how to find me tonight.

603
00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:20,436
- If I say yes, is she in trouble?
- No.

604
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:24,355
Alissa's always in trouble.
I happen to like that about her.

605
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:30,678
You got a little time before your curfew?

606
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:32,280
Yeah.

607
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:35,510
Okay.

608
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,751
[speakers: blues rock]
<i>♪ I ain't gonna stop ♪</i>

609
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:40,716
<i>♪ Just because I get old ♪</i>

610
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:42,359
Come on, show me.

611
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,033
I'm... I'm sorry, what happened?

612
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:46,436
- I think the table's slanted.
- Come ready.

613
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:49,591
- I respect it. I respect it.
- Whoo!

614
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,320
[speakers: blues rock continues playing]

615
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:54,120
Pow.

616
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:57,477
That's it? You givin' up?

617
00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:58,676
I'm out of money.

618
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:02,797
- Hope you're happy.
- I'll be happy when you represent me.

619
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:04,075
Mmm.

620
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:07,558
Brian, I want to help you. I do.

621
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:13,037
And in a perfect world you and I
would just waltz into the court,

622
00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:16,477
you'd tell 'em what Shayla said
and they'd reopen your case.

623
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,117
But that is not the world we live in.

624
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,675
The system is broken,
it's what I'm trying to tell you.

625
00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:24,274
It just doesn't care.

626
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:27,991
I'm just supposed to accept that,
that the system is broken?

627
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,113
You know what I say to that?

628
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:31,956
Fuck the system.

629
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,040
No, for real, man.
I mean, why can't we at least try?

630
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:39,111
What is the system? It's people.

631
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:42,477
Yeah? It's cops, lawyers, judges.

632
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,111
If one of them had just cared enough

633
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:48,352
to even go down to that hallway
Kennisha said I dragged her,

634
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,512
listened to how
the tiniest little noise echoes,

635
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:54,069
I wouldn't have this damn thing on my leg.

636
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:56,793
- Mr. Brooks.
- Justin.

637
00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:58,595
Justin...

638
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:02,871
I know the system doesn't care about me.

639
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,238
I've known that my whole life.

640
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:08,432
The question is, do you?

641
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,629
I carry three pictures in my wallet.

642
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,720
My, uh... My wife...

643
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,152
my kids, and that one right there.

644
00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:26,799
That's her on the left.

645
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,918
My longest-standing client,
Marilyn Mulero.

646
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,798
One day I'm looking through the newspaper

647
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:36,796
and I see that Marilyn gets
the death penalty on a plea bargain.

648
00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:39,837
I'm wondering, how's that even possible?

649
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:42,193
To get death on a plea.

650
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:44,314
Where's the bargain?

651
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:46,872
So I look into it, sure enough,

652
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,794
this woman here,
she's the one who pulled the trigger.

653
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:52,758
So I find a couple of witnesses,

654
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:54,991
I find a mountain of evidence,

655
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:57,519
and I lose.

656
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:00,359
Eighteen years.

657
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,511
With new evidence.

658
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,071
Marilyn's still behind bars.

659
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:10,869
She's the reason I started the CIP
and I'm not giving up until she's free.

660
00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:16,076
So, yeah, I can be a little jaded.

661
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:19,517
But every once in a while we win.

662
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:22,559
And it's amazing,

663
00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:24,833
see an innocent person go free,

664
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:29,233
and we do it because we bust our asses
and we know what the system wants.

665
00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:32,352
Something extraordinary.

666
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,035
Now you want me to be your lawyer, Brian?

667
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:38,840
We've already looked at your case,
talked to potential witnesses.

668
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,555
I even called the parole board
about shortening your time.

669
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:43,120
The well is dry.

670
00:38:44,240 --> 00:38:47,153
So let me tell you what I need
to argue your case.

671
00:38:47,240 --> 00:38:50,278
Not some piece of hearsay evidence
from ten years ago.

672
00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:52,670
I need something big.

673
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:55,354
Earth-shattering.

674
00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:58,639
Extraordinary.

675
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:05,676
Sorry.

676
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:53,160
Just a reminder.

677
00:39:53,720 --> 00:39:55,200
You do have a family.

678
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:56,909
Going soon.

679
00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:58,640
What is that?

680
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:04,952
This is the hallway Brian
supposedly dragged that girl down.

681
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:06,715
All the doors were open.

682
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:10,038
I checked the school records.
Classrooms were full of kids.

683
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:14,273
Ten separate classrooms.
No way nobody didn't hear something.

684
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:16,875
Which gets rid of the kidnapping charge
right there.

685
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:21,195
But that's still not enough
to reopen the case, is it?

686
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,436
[sighs] No, it's not.

687
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:29,200
I don't understand, Justin.

688
00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,916
No, it's just...
It's something Brian said. It was, uh...

689
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:34,912
I mean, we all know the system's broken.

690
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,117
Which is why you started this place.

691
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:40,432
I know, but I just don't want
to ever stop trying

692
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:43,558
because the system
has conditioned us to stop trying.

693
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:48,114
Go home.

694
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,511
Come on. You visited this hallway.

695
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:54,829
Go visit your family.

696
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:57,155
Yeah.

697
00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:00,416
[TV: anchor] <i>In other news,
the City of Long Beach</i>

698
00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,352
<i>has approved a $15 million...</i>

699
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:05,154
Since when did you become interested
in art museums?

700
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:08,596
You remember that trainer
I told you about, Karina?

701
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:10,640
So she's an artist?

702
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,400
Yeah. Yeah. She just sent me this.

703
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:15,550
Check it out.

704
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:20,239
Baby, she painted this?

705
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:21,549
Yep.

706
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:24,838
So you want to take her to the museum?

707
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:28,237
Just to thank her
for all the free training sessions.

708
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,873
But there's some special exhibit
going on right now

709
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:33,394
and the ticket prices are crazy.

710
00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:36,998
- I don't...
- Boom. Get the tickets, baby.

711
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:40,956
Oh, Ma, come on.
Look, I know things are tight right now.

712
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:42,880
I mean, barely made
the car payment last month.

713
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:44,599
The car payment can wait.

714
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:46,953
Your happiness can't.

715
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:55,832
Brian, you deserve happiness.

716
00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:59,712
Not shame, not guilt.

717
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:01,359
Happiness.

718
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:04,596
Thanks, Mom.

719
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:08,754
Thanks.

720
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,270
[man]
<i>♪ You say I make you shy ♪</i>

721
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,636
<i>♪ I don't know why ♪</i>

722
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:15,717
<i>♪ Every time we kiss ♪</i>

723
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:18,110
<i>- ♪ It gets better every time ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪</i>

724
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:20,431
<i>♪ Underneath the lights ♪</i>

725
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:22,796
<i>♪ You're shining so bright ♪</i>

726
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:24,712
<i>♪ The tension in the air ♪</i>

727
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:27,269
<i>- ♪ You could cut it with a knife ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪</i>

728
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:29,875
<i>♪ See, I'm just tryin' to be somebody ♪</i>

729
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:31,679
<i>♪ You can be in love so deep ♪</i>

730
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:34,514
<i>♪ Now, I don't gotta do these things ♪</i>

731
00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:36,592
<i>- ♪ But you make me ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪</i>

732
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,149
<i>♪ See, I'm just tryin' to be somebody ♪</i>

733
00:42:39,240 --> 00:42:41,391
<i>♪ You can be in love so deep ♪</i>

734
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,756
<i>♪ Now, I don't gotta do these things ♪</i>

735
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:45,513
<i>- ♪ But you make me ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪</i>

736
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:47,159
What is it?

737
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:50,434
Reminds me of something
someone taught me once.

738
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:52,318
<i>♪ You make me wanna act different ♪</i>

739
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:54,790
<i>- ♪ I love you for who you are ♪</i>
- [phone ringing]

740
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:59,750
<i>♪ You make me wanna run circles around you
So glad that I found you ♪</i>

741
00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:01,718
- Um, I gotta take this.
- Yeah.

742
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:03,314
- I'll be right back.
- Okay.

743
00:43:05,240 --> 00:43:07,550
- This is Brian.
<i>- What the hell are you doin', Banks?</i>

744
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:09,438
Two thousand feet, remember?

745
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:11,591
- What?
<i>- Look out the window.</i>

746
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:14,356
<i>Look out the goddamn window.</i>

747
00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:19,752
<i>Does that look like 2,000 feet?
Get out of there, now.</i>

748
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:20,876
[beeps]

749
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:24,795
[scoffs] What the...

750
00:43:33,720 --> 00:43:35,234
Is everything okay?

751
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:38,873
I-I can't be here.

752
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:43,035
- Okay.
- I'm sorry. I should have checked.

753
00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:46,272
I just got so excited with the art,
you know, and...

754
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:52,556
But hey, I got a chance to see
your kind of art, right?

755
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:55,877
Would you mind if I showed you mine?

756
00:43:57,960 --> 00:43:59,076
Okay.

757
00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:03,198
Yeah, okay. Yeah, let's go.

758
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:04,829
- Okay.
- Yeah.

759
00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:07,875
<i>♪ Sometimes it's hard to breathe
Sometimes I wonder why ♪</i>

760
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:10,216
<i>♪ Sometimes I wanna live
And that's the times when I cry ♪</i>

761
00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:11,560
Wow.

762
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:14,235
- Brian, this is some canvas.
- [song continues playing, fades]

763
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:18,957
I remember going to my first USC game
when I was 15.

764
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:22,477
I went with my mom and my brother Brandon.
I was sitting right up there.

765
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:25,075
Section 6, seat 14.

766
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:26,913
The best part wasn't even the game.

767
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:29,959
The best part was just watching
my mom be so happy

768
00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:31,554
because I was so happy.

769
00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:35,190
Hey...

770
00:44:36,240 --> 00:44:38,436
I'm sorry about today, Karina.

771
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:42,075
I didn't even know what it meant
when I took that plea.

772
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:46,834
All I knew was that I just didn't want
to spend the rest of my life in jail.

773
00:44:48,240 --> 00:44:50,914
My cousin went to prison.

774
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:55,320
And when he came out
he just wasn't the same.

775
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:58,792
And you were, what, 16?

776
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:01,474
How did you survive it?

777
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:03,554
I almost didn't.

778
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:06,073
Especially in the beginning.

779
00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:11,677
Then I met a man
who showed me a different way.

780
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:14,838
And everything changed.

781
00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:18,516
Two men look out from prison bars.

782
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:20,512
One saw mud...

783
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:24,040
the other the stars.

784
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:26,679
Perspective, gentlemen.

785
00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:31,832
Perspective is the key
to how one fares in life.

786
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:35,399
Mr. Banks, what do you think?

787
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:39,870
I don't think none of this shit
apply to me.

788
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:43,560
Then you need this class more than most.

789
00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:45,120
[buzzer buzzes]

790
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:46,680
Thank you, gentlemen.

791
00:45:53,720 --> 00:45:54,995
Mr. Banks.

792
00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:57,110
Brian.

793
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:04,433
I know you think football
is the pathway to happiness.

794
00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:06,751
But on my life, son,

795
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:08,911
I promise you that it is not.

796
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:14,990
The path to happiness
begins and ends... in the mind.

797
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:18,033
Free your mind, Brian.

798
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:20,912
And your ass will follow.

799
00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:25,633
[Brian] <i>Before him...</i>

800
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:28,676
<i>all I could think was, why me?</i>

801
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:47,109
All right, look...

802
00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:52,993
I don't know exactly what it is
you're going through,

803
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:56,312
but you've got to let it go.

804
00:46:57,040 --> 00:46:59,236
Or it's gonna pull you down.

805
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:04,714
How you got here may be wrong,
but the fact is you are here.

806
00:47:05,240 --> 00:47:07,471
And before you leave this place
physically,

807
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:09,916
you must leave it mentally.

808
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:12,874
Or you'll be back.

809
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:28,393
This is for you.

810
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:33,640
I might give you more books
from time to time.

811
00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:36,033
Books I hope you'll read.

812
00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:00,313
<i>I wish I could say I got it
from the start,</i>

813
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:01,754
but I was scared.

814
00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:04,399
Scared my life was over.

815
00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:07,316
Then this dude,
doesn't know nothing about me,

816
00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:08,914
he's talking about helping me?

817
00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:11,996
Was this the kind of help
that my lawyer gave me?

818
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:14,392
So, yeah, I was skeptical.

819
00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:19,096
And right when I'm trying to understand
everything he's teaching me,

820
00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:20,634
I get transferred.

821
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:22,714
Didn't see him again.

822
00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:27,274
And that's when prison had its own ideas.

823
00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:47,392
[toilet flushes]

824
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:03,193
What's up, homie?

825
00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:07,911
- You got a problem, bitch?
- No. I ain't got no problem.

826
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:10,149
B87.

827
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:12,200
Gate's open.

828
00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:22,159
<i>In prison, it's the not knowing
that gets to you.</i>

829
00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:26,752
<i>Not knowing what's on
the other side of a door,</i>

830
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:29,878
<i>not knowing if you'll make it out alive.</i>

831
00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:39,236
What's up, homie?

832
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:45,429
<i>But sometimes you gotta walk deeper
into the darkness to find the light.</i>

833
00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:47,273
- Hey, Banks, get up!
- Let's go!

834
00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:48,760
Up. Now.

835
00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:50,280
You broke his jaw, Banks.

836
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:52,556
Don't you ever want to get out of here?

837
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:55,200
Sixty days. Think about it.

838
00:49:56,280 --> 00:49:58,272
[Brian]
<i>That was solitary for me.</i>

839
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:32,956
...two, three, four...

840
00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:39,317
I don't even feel you no more, God.

841
00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:42,114
I can't feel you.

842
00:50:54,600 --> 00:50:57,320
[giggling]

843
00:51:01,560 --> 00:51:04,519
Brian, we need you back in the game.

844
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:17,800
Hey. You think they give a shit about you?

845
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:20,840
About how twisted up
and pissed off you are?

846
00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:24,000
They don't even remember your name. Shit.

847
00:51:32,920 --> 00:51:34,513
[whimpering]

848
00:51:38,240 --> 00:51:39,356
Brian.

849
00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:45,112
You've got to let it go.

850
00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:48,914
You've got to let it all go

851
00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:51,556
or it's going to pull you down.

852
00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:55,429
All you can control in life...

853
00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:57,000
This is for you.

854
00:52:03,480 --> 00:52:05,358
Is how you respond to life.

855
00:52:44,760 --> 00:52:46,672
<i>It's strange.</i>

856
00:52:46,760 --> 00:52:50,436
<i>I didn't see Mr. Johnson
after that first year in juvie.</i>

857
00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:54,191
But he's been with me every day since.

858
00:53:01,240 --> 00:53:02,469
Listen, I...

859
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:05,473
I want to be honest with you.

860
00:53:06,240 --> 00:53:07,640
I, um...

861
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:10,511
I told you I put off grad school.

862
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:13,719
But I didn't say why.

863
00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:18,992
Why I reacted when I heard your story.

864
00:53:22,960 --> 00:53:24,030
I...

865
00:53:24,120 --> 00:53:28,637
I didn't have the best experience
in college, and...

866
00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:38,754
Who was he?

867
00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:42,960
A friend.

868
00:53:44,280 --> 00:53:45,396
I thought.

869
00:53:47,320 --> 00:53:48,356
Uh...

870
00:53:49,560 --> 00:53:52,200
he said he couldn't remember me saying no.

871
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:55,915
Said I could have gotten those bruises
from anywhere.

872
00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:01,911
The cops were like,
"Sure you're not overreacting?"

873
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:04,357
And when the school...

874
00:54:05,760 --> 00:54:07,035
did nothing...

875
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:09,070
I left.

876
00:54:11,360 --> 00:54:13,033
I'm sorry.

877
00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:19,753
I don't even know how you could
hang with me after hearing my story.

878
00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:26,557
Well, I couldn't at first.

879
00:54:29,320 --> 00:54:30,913
But then I got to know you.

880
00:55:02,440 --> 00:55:05,592
[TV: football announcer, faint]

881
00:55:12,920 --> 00:55:15,071
No, can't do that.

882
00:55:15,880 --> 00:55:17,234
Can't do that.

883
00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:29,274
[humming]

884
00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:39,910
<i>Here we go.
We are set, and there's the snap.</i>

885
00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:42,071
[crowd cheering]

886
00:55:42,160 --> 00:55:44,755
<i>Here he comes,
and that'll be a first down.</i>

887
00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:45,876
<i>Whoo!</i>

888
00:55:45,960 --> 00:55:48,919
<i>What a way to freakin' pass, baby!
Yeah, baby!</i>

889
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:51,754
[announcer] <i>And Coach Pete Carroll
calls another time-out.</i>

890
00:55:51,840 --> 00:55:53,176
[announcer 2]
<i>I gotta tell you, Eddie,</i>

891
00:55:53,200 --> 00:55:54,936
<i>when it comes to Coach Carroll
there's no quit.</i>

892
00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:57,395
<i>And, yeah, the players
really believe in him.</i>

893
00:55:57,480 --> 00:56:00,080
<i>They believe in the system.
He brings a lot of energy to the team.</i>

894
00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:02,715
<i>And I think Carroll coming on
to the Seahawks</i>

895
00:56:02,800 --> 00:56:04,996
<i>is the best decision they could have made.</i>

896
00:56:05,080 --> 00:56:07,879
[announcer continues, faint]

897
00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:28,039
Oh, shit.

898
00:56:28,600 --> 00:56:29,600
Oh, shit.

899
00:56:30,360 --> 00:56:31,476
Oh, shit.

900
00:56:58,760 --> 00:57:00,240
"Bygones be..."

901
00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:39,478
[buzzing]

902
00:57:56,240 --> 00:57:57,390
Hello?

903
00:57:58,960 --> 00:58:00,076
[Kennisha]
<i>Hello?</i>

904
00:58:01,560 --> 00:58:04,200
- Kennisha?
- Hey.

905
00:58:07,720 --> 00:58:08,870
Hey.

906
00:58:10,880 --> 00:58:12,200
So, um...

907
00:58:14,440 --> 00:58:19,834
I-I guess I'm still wonderin' why you
sent me a friend request like that.

908
00:58:19,920 --> 00:58:23,516
<i>Yeah. I wasn't even sure you would answer.</i>

909
00:58:24,280 --> 00:58:27,876
So I was just lookin' through people
I know from high school,

910
00:58:28,640 --> 00:58:30,597
and I saw your page.

911
00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:32,954
And I was like...

912
00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:35,273
"You look good."
[chuckles]

913
00:58:36,840 --> 00:58:39,514
<i>But I was thinking maybe we could,</i>

914
00:58:40,240 --> 00:58:43,950
I don't know, hang out or something?

915
00:58:44,800 --> 00:58:46,359
Hang... Hang out?

916
00:58:47,680 --> 00:58:50,240
Can you understand
why that might seem a little weird to me

917
00:58:50,320 --> 00:58:52,198
that you'd want to do that?

918
00:58:53,160 --> 00:58:54,913
<i>I was in prison.</i>

919
00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:58,072
<i>I can't work. I can't play football.</i>

920
00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:01,275
Things have been pretty tough
for me, Kennisha.

921
00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:05,832
So, I guess that mean
you ain't trying to hang out, then?

922
00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:12,116
Uh, well, uh...

923
00:59:14,920 --> 00:59:16,320
Well, maybe we could.

924
00:59:17,600 --> 00:59:18,750
<i>Yeah, maybe we could.</i>

925
00:59:18,840 --> 00:59:21,071
Truth is, I'm just stuck.

926
00:59:22,600 --> 00:59:25,240
And you're the only one
who can help me get unstuck.

927
00:59:26,200 --> 00:59:29,159
<i>I mean, you're the only other one
who knows what really happened.</i>

928
00:59:29,600 --> 00:59:32,274
<i>And if you did help me,</i>

929
00:59:32,360 --> 00:59:35,080
<i>then we would never have
to talk about this stuff again.</i>

930
00:59:36,080 --> 00:59:37,480
All right, well...

931
00:59:38,440 --> 00:59:40,352
what is it you need me to do?

932
00:59:45,360 --> 00:59:48,637
Brian, if they find out
you went anywhere near that girl,

933
00:59:48,720 --> 00:59:50,240
they'll send you right back to prison.

934
00:59:50,960 --> 00:59:52,792
That's why nobody's gonna find out.

935
00:59:53,240 --> 00:59:55,357
Okay, please,
let's think about this some more.

936
00:59:55,440 --> 00:59:57,671
You only have ten months left
on your parole.

937
00:59:57,760 --> 00:59:59,433
But I'm still gonna be on that damn list.

938
00:59:59,520 --> 01:00:01,576
Nobody's gonna ever hire me
if I don't clear my name.

939
01:00:01,600 --> 01:00:05,594
- Well, then let the attorneys handle this.
- What attorneys, Ma? Who?

940
01:00:05,680 --> 01:00:08,149
The CIP? I ain't heard from 'em in weeks.

941
01:00:08,680 --> 01:00:11,400
Besides, Kennisha already said
she ain't going nowhere near a lawyer.

942
01:00:12,040 --> 01:00:14,999
The only person she agreed to talk to
was Corey's friend.

943
01:00:15,080 --> 01:00:16,833
You remember Corey from the gym?

944
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:20,596
So, look, he's got a friend,
been selling insurance for a little bit,

945
01:00:20,720 --> 01:00:22,376
but he's starting up
his own PI firm, right?

946
01:00:22,400 --> 01:00:25,154
So we all got together, we got a plan.
Trust me, we got a plan.

947
01:00:25,240 --> 01:00:27,675
- An insurance agent, Brian?
- Mom, Mom.

948
01:00:28,120 --> 01:00:29,998
Sometimes things come your way

949
01:00:30,080 --> 01:00:31,958
and you have to act on 'em
right then and there

950
01:00:32,040 --> 01:00:33,759
or else you won't have another chance.

951
01:00:35,920 --> 01:00:37,479
This is my chance.

952
01:00:38,200 --> 01:00:39,475
Okay?

953
01:00:56,120 --> 01:00:57,120
Brian.

954
01:01:03,600 --> 01:01:05,398
[elevator bell dings]

955
01:01:08,320 --> 01:01:09,640
Hey.

956
01:01:11,040 --> 01:01:13,555
I wasn't sure if this is the right place.

957
01:01:13,640 --> 01:01:14,960
You found it.

958
01:01:15,600 --> 01:01:17,239
I was nervous about comin'.

959
01:01:17,360 --> 01:01:19,875
Yeah, shit,
I've been kinda nervous myself.

960
01:01:20,640 --> 01:01:22,438
Did I tell you
I got three little ones now?

961
01:01:22,520 --> 01:01:25,080
- You got three kids?
- Yeah.

962
01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:26,416
But there's some drama goin' on
with all that,

963
01:01:26,440 --> 01:01:28,955
so that's why I told you
I don't want to talk to no lawyers.

964
01:01:29,080 --> 01:01:31,197
Oh. No, this guy's not...

965
01:01:31,280 --> 01:01:34,478
He's not a lawyer.
He's more like an adviser, so...

966
01:01:37,960 --> 01:01:39,997
- So, Ms. Reed...
- Rice.

967
01:01:40,840 --> 01:01:43,400
Oh, I'm sorry. Ms. Rice.

968
01:01:43,480 --> 01:01:47,156
I understand from Brian there are some
things that you guys wanted to discuss.

969
01:01:47,240 --> 01:01:49,311
Yeah, uh...

970
01:01:49,400 --> 01:01:52,950
Well, we wanted to talk to you
about what happened in 2002.

971
01:01:53,720 --> 01:01:57,714
Okay. Ms. Rice,
is that what you want to do?

972
01:01:58,240 --> 01:01:59,594
I guess so.

973
01:02:00,320 --> 01:02:03,552
I mean, Brian ain't playing in the NFL
right now. I guess that's 'cause of me.

974
01:02:04,520 --> 01:02:06,318
So you want to help him.

975
01:02:06,400 --> 01:02:09,837
Well, I can't do nothing where I gotta
pay back none of the money or anything.

976
01:02:09,920 --> 01:02:11,559
That would take a long time.

977
01:02:12,160 --> 01:02:14,197
Okay, and I understand.

978
01:02:14,280 --> 01:02:18,115
This is just for my own education
so that I can offer advice.

979
01:02:18,200 --> 01:02:19,953
Now...

980
01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:22,999
take me back to the incident in 2002

981
01:02:23,640 --> 01:02:25,632
and just tell me how you see it.

982
01:02:26,440 --> 01:02:28,113
[Kennisha] Um...

983
01:02:28,200 --> 01:02:30,760
Well, I guess the way I look at it is,

984
01:02:30,840 --> 01:02:34,754
we was just being young,
curious about things.

985
01:02:34,840 --> 01:02:37,674
Okay, so you're saying that

986
01:02:37,760 --> 01:02:39,752
he never raped you.

987
01:02:39,840 --> 01:02:41,513
I don't like using that word.

988
01:02:41,600 --> 01:02:43,876
Well, then tell me what happened.

989
01:02:43,960 --> 01:02:45,872
Well, after we was down there

990
01:02:45,960 --> 01:02:47,872
and he went out the door
and I went my way,

991
01:02:47,960 --> 01:02:49,679
there was this security guard.

992
01:02:49,760 --> 01:02:51,592
Hey!

993
01:02:51,680 --> 01:02:54,718
You know, I saw you with that boy.

994
01:02:54,800 --> 01:02:56,678
Y'all went in the 700 building,
didn't you?

995
01:02:56,760 --> 01:02:58,831
I know what you kids do in there.

996
01:02:58,960 --> 01:03:00,474
Well, it wasn't my idea.

997
01:03:00,560 --> 01:03:01,960
- Whose was it?
- His!

998
01:03:02,040 --> 01:03:03,040
Oh.

999
01:03:03,120 --> 01:03:06,750
So you're saying he made you go in there,
made you do stuff.

1000
01:03:07,960 --> 01:03:10,350
So if that's true,
you're saying he raped you.

1001
01:03:10,440 --> 01:03:12,238
Is that what you're saying?

1002
01:03:13,080 --> 01:03:15,231
So I wasn't the first person
to use that word.

1003
01:03:15,320 --> 01:03:16,993
So the security guard said it first.

1004
01:03:17,080 --> 01:03:19,816
Then you wrote it down on a piece of paper
and gave it to your friend?

1005
01:03:19,840 --> 01:03:20,876
Mm-hmm.

1006
01:03:21,440 --> 01:03:24,433
Okay, did you tell any of these people

1007
01:03:24,520 --> 01:03:26,796
that you and Brian
were just kissing and heavy petting

1008
01:03:26,880 --> 01:03:28,917
and that you didn't actually have sex?

1009
01:03:29,000 --> 01:03:31,799
[scoffs] Nobody was listening
to anything I had to say.

1010
01:03:31,880 --> 01:03:34,679
My attorney was like,
"Just don't say nothin'.

1011
01:03:34,760 --> 01:03:37,229
Don't talk at all.
Just let them do what they gonna do."

1012
01:03:37,800 --> 01:03:39,632
Okay, so, to be clear,

1013
01:03:41,040 --> 01:03:42,713
Brian never raped you.

1014
01:03:47,280 --> 01:03:48,634
No, he did not rape me.

1015
01:03:53,760 --> 01:03:55,353
Did he kidnap you?

1016
01:03:56,240 --> 01:03:57,310
Never.

1017
01:04:02,840 --> 01:04:03,876
Alissa.

1018
01:04:07,880 --> 01:04:11,191
<i>To be clear, Brian never raped you.</i>

1019
01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:12,919
<i>No, he did not rape me.</i>

1020
01:04:14,600 --> 01:04:16,193
<i>Did he kidnap you?</i>

1021
01:04:16,280 --> 01:04:17,280
<i>Never.</i>

1022
01:04:24,240 --> 01:04:25,833
Amazing.

1023
01:04:25,920 --> 01:04:27,877
A full recantation on tape.

1024
01:04:31,360 --> 01:04:34,637
And she knew, right?
This guy told her she was being taped.

1025
01:04:35,800 --> 01:04:38,110
Uh, no. No. No.

1026
01:04:38,200 --> 01:04:41,750
But he did have a sign on the wall
that said the room was being monitored.

1027
01:04:45,960 --> 01:04:49,078
A sign on the wall. That's it?

1028
01:04:50,640 --> 01:04:51,960
Ju... J-Justin.

1029
01:04:53,280 --> 01:04:55,749
This is what you said I needed...
something extraordinary.

1030
01:04:55,840 --> 01:04:59,720
This is what I brought you.
Kennisha, she's telling the truth.

1031
01:04:59,800 --> 01:05:01,632
It's amazing, Brian.

1032
01:05:01,720 --> 01:05:03,154
It really is.

1033
01:05:04,160 --> 01:05:05,753
I've never seen anything like it.

1034
01:05:06,720 --> 01:05:08,040
But it's also...

1035
01:05:08,120 --> 01:05:09,713
It's inadmissible.

1036
01:05:12,320 --> 01:05:13,549
You can't use it.

1037
01:05:14,560 --> 01:05:16,995
You can't record somebody
in the State of California

1038
01:05:17,080 --> 01:05:18,639
without their explicit consent.

1039
01:05:19,640 --> 01:05:23,316
Come on. We got her sitting there,
right on tape, telling the truth.

1040
01:05:23,440 --> 01:05:25,079
You're telling me I can't show anybody?

1041
01:05:25,160 --> 01:05:28,676
What are the chances of getting her
to say it again, on the record?

1042
01:05:28,760 --> 01:05:30,911
No chance! PI already scared her off.

1043
01:05:31,000 --> 01:05:33,720
I was trying to get her
to sign something at the end.

1044
01:05:33,800 --> 01:05:35,616
Once she knows she perjured herself
and could lose the money,

1045
01:05:35,640 --> 01:05:37,438
she's gonna recant to her recantation.

1046
01:05:37,520 --> 01:05:38,590
Yeah.

1047
01:05:38,680 --> 01:05:40,956
Brian, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

1048
01:05:41,720 --> 01:05:44,394
I wish you'd have called us
before you reached out.

1049
01:05:44,480 --> 01:05:48,076
You wish I would've called you?
You wish I would've called you?

1050
01:05:48,160 --> 01:05:50,072
You know why I didn't call you, Justin?

1051
01:05:50,160 --> 01:05:53,551
Because every time I throw you a pass
you bat it down, like you're doing now.

1052
01:05:53,640 --> 01:05:54,915
That's not what we're doing.

1053
01:05:55,000 --> 01:05:57,754
Come at me with all these legal excuses
about the system,

1054
01:05:57,840 --> 01:05:59,240
about how the truth doesn't matter.

1055
01:05:59,320 --> 01:06:01,880
- The truth matters!
- I know it matters.

1056
01:06:02,840 --> 01:06:04,240
I know that. Okay?

1057
01:06:04,320 --> 01:06:08,394
And that tape is extraordinary. I agree.

1058
01:06:08,480 --> 01:06:11,154
- But I can't do anything legally...
- Okay, okay.

1059
01:06:11,240 --> 01:06:13,550
Stop. Okay?

1060
01:06:13,640 --> 01:06:16,109
You know what, man? Forget the tape. Okay?

1061
01:06:19,840 --> 01:06:21,559
You want extraordinary?

1062
01:06:22,840 --> 01:06:26,390
I'll tell you what's extraordinary
about this case.

1063
01:06:27,280 --> 01:06:28,350
I am.

1064
01:06:30,520 --> 01:06:33,513
It's extraordinary that I'm still here.

1065
01:06:35,080 --> 01:06:36,719
That I'm still standing.

1066
01:06:38,320 --> 01:06:39,879
You ever been in prison?

1067
01:06:40,640 --> 01:06:43,678
I'm not talking about to visit one of
your clients. You ever been locked up?

1068
01:06:45,520 --> 01:06:47,591
I spent my 17th birthday

1069
01:06:47,680 --> 01:06:50,434
and the 60 days after that
in solitary confinement.

1070
01:06:50,520 --> 01:06:52,113
It nearly killed me.

1071
01:06:54,080 --> 01:06:57,756
And the only reason it didn't
is because something happened to me.

1072
01:06:57,840 --> 01:06:59,752
Something extraordinary.

1073
01:06:59,840 --> 01:07:02,435
Someone extraordinary.

1074
01:07:08,080 --> 01:07:09,080
[exhales]

1075
01:07:11,640 --> 01:07:16,032
I've done everything I can on my own...

1076
01:07:17,200 --> 01:07:18,793
to get myself free.

1077
01:07:18,880 --> 01:07:23,079
There's only one other person who can get
me the rest of the way, and that's you.

1078
01:07:23,160 --> 01:07:24,719
So I'm begging you.

1079
01:07:26,200 --> 01:07:29,272
Forget all the rules.
Forget all the reasons.

1080
01:07:29,360 --> 01:07:32,353
Forget all the roadblocks
they put in our way.

1081
01:07:33,080 --> 01:07:36,312
I know the system doesn't care
about me, Justin. I know.

1082
01:07:37,400 --> 01:07:39,039
But I know you do.

1083
01:07:43,160 --> 01:07:44,719
Help set me free.

1084
01:07:54,080 --> 01:07:55,080
Okay.

1085
01:08:00,040 --> 01:08:01,156
Okay?

1086
01:08:05,640 --> 01:08:06,640
Okay.

1087
01:08:12,760 --> 01:08:13,989
Okay.

1088
01:08:14,080 --> 01:08:15,992
Brian Banks lost ten years of his life.

1089
01:08:16,080 --> 01:08:18,151
We have ten months to clear his name. Why?

1090
01:08:18,280 --> 01:08:20,476
Because the habeas petition
will only be considered

1091
01:08:20,560 --> 01:08:22,313
while you're still
under state supervision.

1092
01:08:22,400 --> 01:08:25,393
That's right. If we can't get this thing
overturned within ten months,

1093
01:08:25,480 --> 01:08:27,278
before his parole runs out,

1094
01:08:27,360 --> 01:08:29,079
he's guilty the rest of his life.

1095
01:08:29,160 --> 01:08:32,073
99% of all habeas petitions get rejected,

1096
01:08:32,160 --> 01:08:34,760
so just getting the DA to pay attention
to this is gonna be tough.

1097
01:08:34,800 --> 01:08:37,554
Hey, Barbara. Justin Brooks again.

1098
01:08:37,640 --> 01:08:39,154
<i>Hey, is Rafael in?</i>

1099
01:08:39,240 --> 01:08:41,038
He'll have to get back to you, Mr. Brooks.

1100
01:08:41,120 --> 01:08:44,113
All right, as soon as he can, please.
Thank you.

1101
01:08:45,320 --> 01:08:47,280
So while I'm trying to force him
to pay attention,

1102
01:08:47,360 --> 01:08:49,795
Alissa will put together a new petition

1103
01:08:49,880 --> 01:08:52,315
while, Marilyn,
you try to track down Kennisha Rice

1104
01:08:52,440 --> 01:08:54,193
and get her on the record this time.

1105
01:08:54,280 --> 01:08:56,351
Now just remember, and this is critical,

1106
01:08:56,440 --> 01:08:59,478
if the court doesn't schedule us ASAP,
Brian's gonna run out of time.

1107
01:08:59,560 --> 01:09:03,520
Brian's the same age as some of you.
He should've gone to college by now.

1108
01:09:03,600 --> 01:09:05,353
He should be playing in the NFL.

1109
01:09:05,440 --> 01:09:08,478
Hey, we found Mateo.
He's on the Loller case, LA Superior.

1110
01:09:08,960 --> 01:09:12,112
And the reason he isn't
is not just because a girl lied.

1111
01:09:13,840 --> 01:09:17,151
It's because the system didn't care
about the truth in the first place.

1112
01:09:19,000 --> 01:09:21,276
Well, in the words of somebody
I greatly admire,

1113
01:09:21,800 --> 01:09:23,154
fuck the system.

1114
01:09:27,040 --> 01:09:28,997
- It was a good day.
- Yeah.

1115
01:09:31,560 --> 01:09:34,632
Well, if it isn't
our elusive district attorney.

1116
01:09:35,720 --> 01:09:38,030
- Mr. Brooks.
- How you doing? I've been looking for you.

1117
01:09:38,120 --> 01:09:39,896
Aren't we seeing each other for Leftowich
in three weeks?

1118
01:09:39,920 --> 01:09:41,434
This can't wait three weeks.

1119
01:09:41,520 --> 01:09:44,797
I'm representing Brian Banks,
falsely accused of rape.

1120
01:09:44,880 --> 01:09:47,349
The girl's recanted her story.
We got it all on tape.

1121
01:09:47,440 --> 01:09:50,877
- Let me guess. You want me to look at it.
- I want you to meet Brian Banks.

1122
01:09:50,960 --> 01:09:53,395
He's an amazing kid.
Could have played pro ball.

1123
01:09:53,480 --> 01:09:57,190
I'm telling you, this is gonna blow up.
Media's gonna be all over it.

1124
01:09:57,280 --> 01:09:59,351
Chance for you to jump in
and control the spin.

1125
01:09:59,440 --> 01:10:01,875
And you are the master spinner,
aren't you, Mr. Brooks?

1126
01:10:02,520 --> 01:10:04,113
Well, I'm a lawyer, so...

1127
01:10:04,760 --> 01:10:05,830
it's redundant.

1128
01:10:08,240 --> 01:10:10,709
Come on, Rafael. The kid's different.

1129
01:10:13,520 --> 01:10:15,239
Have your client here in 90 minutes.

1130
01:10:15,320 --> 01:10:17,437
Otherwise, he waits in line
like everyone else.

1131
01:10:20,000 --> 01:10:21,992
[ringing]

1132
01:10:23,280 --> 01:10:24,280
Hey, Justin.

1133
01:10:24,360 --> 01:10:26,272
You got a jacket and a tie?

1134
01:10:27,640 --> 01:10:28,835
I look okay?

1135
01:10:29,480 --> 01:10:31,790
Ain't nothing okay about the way you look.

1136
01:10:32,720 --> 01:10:33,790
Now go.

1137
01:10:36,960 --> 01:10:39,714
Please do not tell me
this is another bad decision.

1138
01:10:40,760 --> 01:10:43,400
I'm gonna start calling you
Bad Decision Banks.

1139
01:10:43,480 --> 01:10:45,711
- I have a job interview, sir.
- Oh, yeah?

1140
01:10:45,800 --> 01:10:48,838
Like the one in San Diego
when you were meeting with that lawyer?

1141
01:10:49,520 --> 01:10:51,352
I got my sources.

1142
01:10:51,440 --> 01:10:54,558
- Give me the keys, Banks.
- Sir, I really have...

1143
01:10:54,640 --> 01:10:56,632
Give me the goddamn keys, Banks.

1144
01:11:01,000 --> 01:11:04,277
- [phone beeps, line rings]
- Yeah, I got him.

1145
01:11:05,680 --> 01:11:07,273
- Where's your guy?
- Hey.

1146
01:11:08,080 --> 01:11:10,197
He's coming. He's just...

1147
01:11:10,280 --> 01:11:11,634
Let me get you a cup of coffee.

1148
01:11:13,080 --> 01:11:14,673
Nice try, Mr. Brooks. Time's up.

1149
01:11:15,800 --> 01:11:19,032
Nobody from the DA's office
ever visited the crime scene.

1150
01:11:20,200 --> 01:11:21,236
I did.

1151
01:11:21,320 --> 01:11:24,631
I saw where this girl claims
she was dragged down a hallway

1152
01:11:24,720 --> 01:11:28,600
lined with open classrooms,
full of students, and forcibly raped.

1153
01:11:29,080 --> 01:11:30,992
Nobody saw it, nobody heard it.

1154
01:11:32,160 --> 01:11:33,276
Hey.

1155
01:11:34,000 --> 01:11:36,879
You think the press is gonna wonder
why you and your investigators

1156
01:11:36,960 --> 01:11:38,792
never checked this place out?

1157
01:11:41,040 --> 01:11:42,554
Sir, this is my mom's car.

1158
01:11:42,640 --> 01:11:45,553
My mom.
There aren't any drugs in there, I swear.

1159
01:11:45,640 --> 01:11:47,552
Good. So you got nothing to worry about.

1160
01:11:47,640 --> 01:11:49,632
Why you going to LA?

1161
01:11:49,720 --> 01:11:52,758
You know you can't take a job
outside the district.

1162
01:11:52,840 --> 01:11:55,071
The job's local.
Corporate headquarters are in LA.

1163
01:11:57,160 --> 01:11:58,355
Car's clean.

1164
01:12:00,680 --> 01:12:03,320
You better not be lying to me, Banks.

1165
01:12:03,880 --> 01:12:06,031
Straight there and straight back.

1166
01:12:06,120 --> 01:12:10,433
'Cause if you so much as pull over
to piss, you'll be back behind bars.

1167
01:12:11,840 --> 01:12:13,991
[phone ringing]

1168
01:12:15,760 --> 01:12:17,831
<i>- Where are you?</i>
- I'm on my way.

1169
01:12:17,920 --> 01:12:21,072
My PO was busting my ass. I'll be there.

1170
01:12:33,560 --> 01:12:35,552
Hey. I'm sorry, man.

1171
01:12:36,600 --> 01:12:39,638
Save it for the DA. Mateo's in a mood.

1172
01:12:46,440 --> 01:12:48,875
Mr. Brooks says
you filed the habeas petition yourself.

1173
01:12:48,960 --> 01:12:50,440
Yes, sir.

1174
01:12:50,520 --> 01:12:53,274
Read the California Appeals Code
while I was in prison.

1175
01:12:55,520 --> 01:12:58,274
Why do you think she lied, Mr. Banks?

1176
01:12:58,360 --> 01:13:01,910
She was a 15-year-old girl with her whole
life ahead of her. Why would she lie?

1177
01:13:02,720 --> 01:13:05,110
I've asked myself that a thousand times.

1178
01:13:05,920 --> 01:13:07,718
Maybe it was the money.

1179
01:13:08,400 --> 01:13:09,959
Maybe I hurt her feelings.

1180
01:13:10,760 --> 01:13:14,515
But with all due respect, sir,
I don't know why it's my responsibility

1181
01:13:14,600 --> 01:13:16,990
to explain why she lied.

1182
01:13:17,120 --> 01:13:18,600
The fact is, she did.

1183
01:13:19,280 --> 01:13:22,512
Her testimony changed every time.
Mine never did.

1184
01:13:23,640 --> 01:13:27,520
Mr. Mateo, I don't wish any ill will
towards Kennisha.

1185
01:13:28,200 --> 01:13:32,240
I just want a chance to turn all this
negativity into something positive.

1186
01:13:36,760 --> 01:13:38,831
- Has she gone on the record?
- No.

1187
01:13:38,920 --> 01:13:40,832
We're having a hard time
tracking her down.

1188
01:13:40,920 --> 01:13:42,479
I need to speak with her.

1189
01:13:43,600 --> 01:13:45,353
I won't recommended
reversing any conviction

1190
01:13:45,480 --> 01:13:47,153
until I interview the victim myself.

1191
01:13:51,080 --> 01:13:54,391
- Tell me we're getting close.
- Absolutely. You did great in there.

1192
01:13:54,480 --> 01:13:56,312
We just gotta get her to show up.

1193
01:13:56,400 --> 01:13:58,551
- What does that mean?
- It's not gonna be easy.

1194
01:13:58,640 --> 01:14:02,475
If the State finds out she lied, she could
lose the whole settlement, the 1.5.

1195
01:14:02,560 --> 01:14:05,536
Well, Kennisha doesn't know that.
Ain't no way she told her mom she flipped.

1196
01:14:05,560 --> 01:14:08,598
I know, I know, but I've seen
this sort of thing before.

1197
01:14:08,680 --> 01:14:11,991
- Witnesses, they stay hidden, unless...
- Unless?

1198
01:14:12,960 --> 01:14:15,429
No. No, no, no, Brian. You can't.

1199
01:14:15,520 --> 01:14:16,749
I can't what?

1200
01:14:18,760 --> 01:14:22,117
I've gone to reporters before to help me
find a witness or get them to talk.

1201
01:14:22,840 --> 01:14:26,595
Sometimes when you go public,
people want to defend themselves.

1202
01:14:26,680 --> 01:14:29,400
- Then that's what we do.
- Listen to me, Brian.

1203
01:14:29,480 --> 01:14:33,440
Your PO finds out you contacted Kennisha,
you could go right back to jail.

1204
01:14:35,520 --> 01:14:37,159
I told you.

1205
01:14:37,240 --> 01:14:38,913
I'm already in jail.

1206
01:14:40,320 --> 01:14:42,551
[phone: line ringing]

1207
01:14:44,320 --> 01:14:47,199
[ringing continues]

1208
01:14:47,280 --> 01:14:48,953
<i>- This is Mike.</i>
- Hey, Mr. Paley.

1209
01:14:49,040 --> 01:14:50,759
This is Brian Banks.

1210
01:14:50,880 --> 01:14:52,599
<i>Twenty-six-year-old Brian Banks,</i>

1211
01:14:52,680 --> 01:14:54,956
<i>who once had dreams of the NFL,</i>

1212
01:14:55,040 --> 01:14:57,271
<i>is now fighting to clear his name.</i>

1213
01:14:57,360 --> 01:15:00,319
<i>His football dreams ended at the age of 16</i>

1214
01:15:00,400 --> 01:15:03,871
<i>when he was accused of a crime
he claims he didn't commit.</i>

1215
01:15:04,680 --> 01:15:07,593
[Horton]
<i>To be clear, Brian never raped you.</i>

1216
01:15:07,680 --> 01:15:09,194
[Kennisha]
<i>No, he did not rape me.</i>

1217
01:15:09,280 --> 01:15:11,840
[chattering]

1218
01:15:11,920 --> 01:15:13,957
- Brian! Brian!
- [reporters clamoring]

1219
01:15:14,040 --> 01:15:17,078
Brian? Brian. Is the district attorney
reopening the case?

1220
01:15:17,200 --> 01:15:18,793
Any more word from Kennisha?

1221
01:15:18,880 --> 01:15:20,736
Do you think you'll get
another shot at the NFL?

1222
01:15:20,760 --> 01:15:23,753
First I gotta get my day in court.
All right?

1223
01:15:23,840 --> 01:15:25,638
[phone ringing]

1224
01:15:26,640 --> 01:15:28,154
- Yeah?
<i>- It worked, Brian.</i>

1225
01:15:28,240 --> 01:15:29,310
The mother surfaced.

1226
01:15:29,400 --> 01:15:31,920
She called the district attorney's office,
had a whole shit fit.

1227
01:15:32,000 --> 01:15:34,515
<i>- Okay.</i>
- So Mateo issued a subpoena.

1228
01:15:34,600 --> 01:15:36,751
He threatened to call the school district,

1229
01:15:36,840 --> 01:15:39,480
turn over all the evidence
unless they show.

1230
01:15:39,560 --> 01:15:42,519
So now we're close, Brian.
We're really close.

1231
01:15:43,160 --> 01:15:45,152
Okay, thanks, Justin. Later.

1232
01:15:48,400 --> 01:15:50,471
- [chuckles]
- [phone ringing]

1233
01:15:51,760 --> 01:15:52,910
[beeps]

1234
01:15:53,760 --> 01:15:55,160
[sighs]

1235
01:15:56,640 --> 01:15:58,472
Contacting the victim.

1236
01:15:58,560 --> 01:16:00,677
Recording her without her consent.

1237
01:16:00,760 --> 01:16:02,592
Lying to your PO about job interviews.

1238
01:16:02,680 --> 01:16:04,433
That's three strikes right there.

1239
01:16:04,520 --> 01:16:06,273
I know you saw it.

1240
01:16:06,360 --> 01:16:10,070
And you heard her say I didn't do it,
because I didn't do it.

1241
01:16:10,160 --> 01:16:12,880
Someone put that on you,
you would've done the same thing.

1242
01:16:12,960 --> 01:16:15,156
Wrong. Don't tell me what I'd do, Banks.

1243
01:16:15,240 --> 01:16:17,038
You and I ain't the same.

1244
01:16:17,120 --> 01:16:19,157
Do you even know
what the word "credibility" means?

1245
01:16:19,240 --> 01:16:23,519
You have no credibility when you lie to me
to prove that someone lied about you.

1246
01:16:24,160 --> 01:16:27,392
That is in direct violation of your parole
under the law.

1247
01:16:27,520 --> 01:16:29,034
Do you hear me?

1248
01:16:30,320 --> 01:16:31,515
Do you hear me?

1249
01:16:33,600 --> 01:16:35,000
Yes, sir, I hear you.

1250
01:16:37,960 --> 01:16:41,556
It is my duty to report your violations.

1251
01:16:42,360 --> 01:16:44,352
And I plan to obey that duty.

1252
01:16:45,720 --> 01:16:46,915
In time.

1253
01:16:49,840 --> 01:16:53,072
The law says I have to report it.
It just doesn't say when.

1254
01:16:54,200 --> 01:16:57,034
I'm gonna give you eight weeks,
till your parole is up.

1255
01:16:58,200 --> 01:17:00,840
If in that time
they do not overturn your conviction,

1256
01:17:01,880 --> 01:17:04,190
you won't just be
a registered sex offender.

1257
01:17:05,400 --> 01:17:07,198
You'll be a prisoner again.

1258
01:17:29,320 --> 01:17:31,915
Mr. Brooks, where is this witness?

1259
01:17:33,120 --> 01:17:35,476
Your Honor, we respectfully ask the court

1260
01:17:35,560 --> 01:17:37,756
to just indulge us
with a little more time.

1261
01:17:37,880 --> 01:17:41,317
She's half an hour late. You think
this is the only hearing on the docket?

1262
01:17:41,400 --> 01:17:43,392
Issue another subpoena
and reschedule the hearing.

1263
01:17:43,480 --> 01:17:44,516
Adjourned.

1264
01:17:49,840 --> 01:17:52,230
Come on, Rafael.
Can't you work with me a little bit?

1265
01:17:52,320 --> 01:17:54,437
There's no time for another hearing.

1266
01:17:54,520 --> 01:17:56,716
Brian's parole is gonna run out.

1267
01:17:56,800 --> 01:17:59,031
Then it's over. He's done. You know that.

1268
01:17:59,120 --> 01:18:01,954
I need a statement from the complainant
on the record,

1269
01:18:02,040 --> 01:18:04,056
a statement that casts doubt
on her original testimony.

1270
01:18:04,080 --> 01:18:05,594
Now, you know that.

1271
01:18:08,440 --> 01:18:10,238
Justin. That's her mom.

1272
01:18:10,320 --> 01:18:11,720
And that's her.

1273
01:18:14,640 --> 01:18:16,711
Ms. Rice. Ms. Rice!

1274
01:18:19,400 --> 01:18:22,359
- Who the hell are y'all?
- District Attorney Rafael Mateo, ma'am.

1275
01:18:22,440 --> 01:18:24,432
You're in the right place.
Are you Kennisha?

1276
01:18:24,520 --> 01:18:26,159
Yeah, that's her.

1277
01:18:26,240 --> 01:18:29,392
The only reason we came down here
is to clear up all this bullshit.

1278
01:18:29,480 --> 01:18:31,631
We want to clear this up too, ma'am.

1279
01:18:31,720 --> 01:18:34,030
So maybe we can all sit down
and have a talk.

1280
01:18:34,120 --> 01:18:37,113
[baby fussing]

1281
01:18:38,480 --> 01:18:41,056
Kennisha, this won't take long.
We just wanna ask you a few questions.

1282
01:18:41,080 --> 01:18:44,994
This all you need to know.
That boy out there, he raped my daughter.

1283
01:18:45,080 --> 01:18:48,596
End of story. All that other shit on TV
he forced her to say.

1284
01:18:48,680 --> 01:18:50,717
He offered her $10,000.

1285
01:18:51,600 --> 01:18:54,434
Kennisha, you told our investigator
that Brian offered you 20,000.

1286
01:18:54,520 --> 01:18:56,318
Mama, can you take him
out of here, please?

1287
01:18:56,400 --> 01:18:58,471
Just say what you said
the first time in court.

1288
01:18:58,960 --> 01:19:01,680
- Come on.
- [baby babbling]

1289
01:19:03,680 --> 01:19:05,194
[door opens]

1290
01:19:18,440 --> 01:19:21,035
I'm not gonna answer
none of y'all's stupid questions.

1291
01:19:21,120 --> 01:19:23,794
- Ms. Rice, I just need...
- I said I'm not answering 'em!

1292
01:19:26,240 --> 01:19:29,517
What if I make my best effort
to not ask any stupid questions?

1293
01:19:30,080 --> 01:19:31,992
They're all stupid, if you ask me.

1294
01:19:32,120 --> 01:19:35,477
Well, my name's Justin Brooks, and I run
the California Innocence Project.

1295
01:19:35,560 --> 01:19:40,112
We get thousands of requests every year
for people to represent them

1296
01:19:40,200 --> 01:19:44,831
and, Kennisha, if Brian Banks raped you,
I don't wanna represent him.

1297
01:19:44,920 --> 01:19:46,434
- He did rape me.
- Okay.

1298
01:19:46,520 --> 01:19:48,876
Well, if you can get me to accept that

1299
01:19:48,960 --> 01:19:51,077
and clear up
a few of these inconsistencies,

1300
01:19:51,160 --> 01:19:52,594
we can all move on here.

1301
01:19:52,680 --> 01:19:53,796
Okay?

1302
01:19:53,880 --> 01:19:58,636
I just wanna talk to you briefly
about the incident in July of 2002.

1303
01:19:59,680 --> 01:20:01,876
When you went into that stairwell
with Brian,

1304
01:20:01,960 --> 01:20:03,713
what did you think was gonna happen?

1305
01:20:04,800 --> 01:20:06,120
I don't know.

1306
01:20:06,200 --> 01:20:08,635
- I was young at the time.
- Right.

1307
01:20:09,560 --> 01:20:12,359
At the top of the stairwell
there are classrooms.

1308
01:20:12,440 --> 01:20:14,557
- School was in session.
- Mm-hmm.

1309
01:20:15,160 --> 01:20:18,039
So why didn't you
just shout out to anybody?

1310
01:20:18,120 --> 01:20:20,077
'Cause I didn't know he was gonna do it.

1311
01:20:20,760 --> 01:20:24,390
When we first went down there,
I thought he was just gon' touch.

1312
01:20:24,480 --> 01:20:26,119
You know, touchy-feely.

1313
01:20:28,880 --> 01:20:32,760
So, Ms. Rice, are you saying that
you initially went down there willingly?

1314
01:20:34,120 --> 01:20:37,033
No. You're putting words in my mouth.

1315
01:20:37,120 --> 01:20:40,256
You said, "When we first went down there,
I thought it was gonna be touchy-feely."

1316
01:20:40,280 --> 01:20:41,976
You didn't say
that he forced or dragged you.

1317
01:20:42,000 --> 01:20:44,356
There you go again
with them stupid questions.

1318
01:20:44,880 --> 01:20:46,234
Brian know he did it.

1319
01:20:46,360 --> 01:20:49,432
If he was so innocent,
he would have took it to trial and won.

1320
01:20:49,520 --> 01:20:53,912
Kennisha, don't you think
anybody's ever been coerced

1321
01:20:54,000 --> 01:20:55,719
into taking a plea before?

1322
01:20:56,600 --> 01:20:59,354
I mean, maybe Brian just felt trapped.

1323
01:20:59,440 --> 01:21:02,353
But listen, we all make mistakes.

1324
01:21:02,440 --> 01:21:04,113
Especially when we're young.

1325
01:21:04,720 --> 01:21:06,439
We say things we regret.

1326
01:21:08,680 --> 01:21:10,160
Isn't it possible

1327
01:21:10,240 --> 01:21:13,233
that maybe you said some things back then
that you didn't mean?

1328
01:21:15,560 --> 01:21:18,553
Kennisha, did Brian ever coerce you
or pay you to talk to him?

1329
01:21:20,320 --> 01:21:22,073
He ain't got no money.

1330
01:21:22,600 --> 01:21:24,114
Right.

1331
01:21:24,200 --> 01:21:27,477
So you reached out to him
on your Facebook page yourself.

1332
01:21:27,560 --> 01:21:28,880
To help him, right?

1333
01:21:29,880 --> 01:21:31,519
That was nice.

1334
01:21:31,600 --> 01:21:35,389
'Cause you know you didn't
have sex with him in that stairwell.

1335
01:21:37,640 --> 01:21:40,075
You know that.
You guys went down there to make out.

1336
01:21:40,160 --> 01:21:41,640
And then Brian...

1337
01:21:42,760 --> 01:21:45,480
He may have embarrassed you
a little bit that day, right?

1338
01:21:46,920 --> 01:21:49,355
Maybe 'cause he didn't
want to go through with it.

1339
01:21:51,520 --> 01:21:53,512
I understand. And you liked him.

1340
01:21:55,920 --> 01:21:57,434
You liked him a lot.

1341
01:21:58,960 --> 01:22:00,110
That's okay.

1342
01:22:01,560 --> 01:22:04,439
[Kennisha's mother] Yeah,
y'all started it, but we gonna finish it.

1343
01:22:05,440 --> 01:22:09,753
What you said on the tape the other day,
if it's true, Brian can get his life back.

1344
01:22:10,520 --> 01:22:12,955
You can help him get a job.
He can move on.

1345
01:22:13,040 --> 01:22:15,839
What the hell's taking so long in here?

1346
01:22:15,920 --> 01:22:17,593
Did you tell him the truth this time?

1347
01:22:17,680 --> 01:22:20,195
Or they got you in here
making up some other story?

1348
01:22:21,680 --> 01:22:23,512
What about my life?

1349
01:22:23,600 --> 01:22:26,354
I go on with my life,
can I get my virginity back?

1350
01:22:26,440 --> 01:22:29,000
- I just need...
- I ain't talking to you no more!

1351
01:22:29,080 --> 01:22:31,151
- You a smart-ass!
- Let's take a break.

1352
01:22:31,240 --> 01:22:34,039
- We'll just come back here and...
- I'm not coming back.

1353
01:22:34,120 --> 01:22:37,750
I'm never coming back. I'm done
talkin' to y'all. I'm not talkin' no more.

1354
01:22:37,840 --> 01:22:39,752
- Ms. Rice, we have to...
- You heard her.

1355
01:22:39,840 --> 01:22:42,036
Talking's over. Let's go.

1356
01:22:45,320 --> 01:22:46,800
She admitted it was consensual.

1357
01:22:46,880 --> 01:22:50,396
- She said it started consensually.
- Which eliminates the kidnapping charge.

1358
01:22:50,480 --> 01:22:52,312
You said you needed
something on the record

1359
01:22:52,400 --> 01:22:54,357
that would cast doubt
on her original testimony.

1360
01:22:54,440 --> 01:22:56,033
Didn't you just get that?

1361
01:22:56,120 --> 01:22:58,696
All I can do is recommend that the same
judge who put Brian away overturn this,

1362
01:22:58,720 --> 01:23:00,040
and you know the chances of that.

1363
01:23:00,160 --> 01:23:02,197
Don't let that stop you.

1364
01:23:05,120 --> 01:23:07,271
Do you have a child, Mr. Mateo?

1365
01:23:09,440 --> 01:23:11,557
Can you imagine

1366
01:23:11,640 --> 01:23:14,030
what it's like seeing that child,

1367
01:23:14,120 --> 01:23:15,952
that innocent child,

1368
01:23:16,600 --> 01:23:19,991
taken from you and locked away with...

1369
01:23:20,800 --> 01:23:22,871
men who have done real crimes...

1370
01:23:23,600 --> 01:23:25,671
and can do real harm to him?

1371
01:23:27,560 --> 01:23:30,120
All a mother ever wants...

1372
01:23:31,000 --> 01:23:33,151
is to protect her children.

1373
01:23:34,640 --> 01:23:37,553
And I was never able to do that
for my boy.

1374
01:23:39,840 --> 01:23:41,752
I'll go to my grave

1375
01:23:41,840 --> 01:23:44,560
feeling the pain of that past.

1376
01:23:45,800 --> 01:23:48,520
But you can do something today,
Mr. Mateo...

1377
01:23:49,120 --> 01:23:51,760
to stop the pain of his future.

1378
01:23:52,920 --> 01:23:54,274
Now, that judge...

1379
01:23:55,520 --> 01:23:57,239
he will listen to you.

1380
01:23:58,280 --> 01:23:59,760
You know he will.

1381
01:24:00,520 --> 01:24:03,160
If you believe in your heart...

1382
01:24:03,240 --> 01:24:06,551
that what was done to my son was wrong.

1383
01:24:12,920 --> 01:24:15,913
[reporters, bystanders clamoring]

1384
01:24:25,000 --> 01:24:26,070
[bailiff] All rise.

1385
01:24:30,640 --> 01:24:31,960
Be seated.

1386
01:24:33,600 --> 01:24:35,717
Okay, <i>People vs. Banks.</i>

1387
01:24:35,840 --> 01:24:38,958
I have before me a petition
for writ of habeas corpus,

1388
01:24:39,040 --> 01:24:43,512
petition of error <i>coram nobis</i>
to overturn the original judgment.

1389
01:24:43,640 --> 01:24:46,997
So, do the petitioners
wish to say anything?

1390
01:24:47,080 --> 01:24:49,072
Yes. Thank you, Your Honor.

1391
01:24:53,760 --> 01:24:56,958
Brian Banks was 16 years old

1392
01:24:57,600 --> 01:25:00,160
when he was accused of a crime
he did not commit.

1393
01:25:01,440 --> 01:25:05,434
He lost 11 years of his young life,
a scholarship.

1394
01:25:05,520 --> 01:25:08,592
He was prevented from playing football,
a game that he loves.

1395
01:25:08,680 --> 01:25:10,399
And I think we have to ask why.

1396
01:25:11,760 --> 01:25:13,433
Was it the system that failed him?

1397
01:25:13,520 --> 01:25:17,036
Nobody has been more critical
of this system than I have.

1398
01:25:18,560 --> 01:25:22,236
But I've come to realize
maybe it's... it's not the system.

1399
01:25:22,320 --> 01:25:23,879
Maybe it's us.

1400
01:25:25,320 --> 01:25:26,515
All of us.

1401
01:25:28,080 --> 01:25:29,309
Maybe it's me.

1402
01:25:30,040 --> 01:25:32,032
Yes, we have laws.

1403
01:25:32,120 --> 01:25:34,589
But those laws can be interpreted.

1404
01:25:35,320 --> 01:25:39,917
There is just enough flexibility
to allow for some amount of choice.

1405
01:25:40,000 --> 01:25:42,515
And with that choice
comes the power to do right,

1406
01:25:42,600 --> 01:25:45,399
to choose justice over expediency

1407
01:25:45,480 --> 01:25:48,075
and the truth over a technicality.

1408
01:25:48,160 --> 01:25:50,755
And the truth is, Brian Banks is innocent.

1409
01:25:52,400 --> 01:25:54,073
Eleven years, Your Honor.

1410
01:25:54,160 --> 01:25:57,073
Eleven years
my client will never get back.

1411
01:25:57,160 --> 01:26:00,073
Eleven years his family...

1412
01:26:00,960 --> 01:26:02,553
has had to suffer.

1413
01:26:03,200 --> 01:26:05,192
Eleven years of dreams deferred.

1414
01:26:07,920 --> 01:26:10,913
And we can fix it.
We can rectify it all here today.

1415
01:26:12,360 --> 01:26:15,671
You know, most of the time I'm just
trying to get my client their lives back.

1416
01:26:15,760 --> 01:26:17,752
In Brian Banks' case,

1417
01:26:17,840 --> 01:26:20,355
we have a chance
to give him his dreams back.

1418
01:26:23,560 --> 01:26:25,597
Please don't deny him that chance.

1419
01:26:26,920 --> 01:26:27,920
Thank you.

1420
01:26:32,640 --> 01:26:34,313
And the people?

1421
01:26:47,320 --> 01:26:49,357
The people will concede the matter,
Your Honor,

1422
01:26:49,960 --> 01:26:53,397
and ask the court
to grant the petition for exoneration.

1423
01:27:39,240 --> 01:27:40,469
All right then.

1424
01:27:41,640 --> 01:27:42,960
The petition is granted.

1425
01:27:43,040 --> 01:27:45,874
- [gavel bangs]
- [spectators gasping, murmuring]

1426
01:27:58,120 --> 01:27:59,270
[Justin] Brian?

1427
01:28:10,000 --> 01:28:11,116
Thank you.

1428
01:28:11,800 --> 01:28:12,800
Thank you.

1429
01:28:14,000 --> 01:28:15,229
Thank you...

1430
01:28:15,960 --> 01:28:17,314
for not giving up,

1431
01:28:18,160 --> 01:28:19,719
for making sure I didn't either.

1432
01:28:24,680 --> 01:28:26,911
- Well done, Brooks.
- Thank you.

1433
01:28:27,000 --> 01:28:29,390
[sobbing]

1434
01:28:31,200 --> 01:28:32,953
- [cheering, applause]
- Brian!

1435
01:28:37,080 --> 01:28:39,231
[loud cheering]

1436
01:28:42,080 --> 01:28:44,959
- Brian! Tell us how you're feeling.
- Do you plan to sue?

1437
01:28:45,040 --> 01:28:47,509
Are you angry at the situation?

1438
01:28:47,600 --> 01:28:50,195
No, at some point
you gotta let all that go.

1439
01:28:51,040 --> 01:28:54,716
All I ever wanted was my freedom,
and we got that here today.

1440
01:29:31,560 --> 01:29:34,200
[boys chattering, shouting]

1441
01:29:41,360 --> 01:29:42,555
Down.

1442
01:29:43,280 --> 01:29:44,430
Set...

1443
01:29:44,960 --> 01:29:46,917
Hut! Hut!

1444
01:29:47,920 --> 01:29:48,920
Hut!

1445
01:29:56,440 --> 01:29:58,591
[phone ringing]

1446
01:30:01,840 --> 01:30:03,069
Hello?

1447
01:30:03,160 --> 01:30:06,358
Hey, I'm looking for a linebacker.
Know where I might find any?

1448
01:30:08,600 --> 01:30:10,239
Coach Carroll.

1449
01:30:10,320 --> 01:30:11,913
[laughs]

1450
01:30:12,000 --> 01:30:15,596
It was good to see you on TV
the other day. How are you, old friend?

1451
01:30:15,720 --> 01:30:18,030
On top of the world, Coach. How you doing?

1452
01:30:18,520 --> 01:30:20,239
Doing pretty well up here in Seattle.

1453
01:30:20,960 --> 01:30:24,237
<i>So sorry you had to go to hell and back,
Brian, but I wanted to ask you.</i>

1454
01:30:24,960 --> 01:30:27,520
Think you may wanna come up here
and try out for the Seahawks?

1455
01:30:30,640 --> 01:30:33,030
Most definitely, Coach. Most definitely.

1456
01:30:33,120 --> 01:30:35,560
<i>All right. I need you on the plane
first thing Monday morning.</i>

1457
01:30:35,640 --> 01:30:36,994
Yeah.

1458
01:30:37,080 --> 01:30:38,116
Thanks.

1459
01:30:53,440 --> 01:30:54,840
Y'all trying to play?

1460
01:30:54,920 --> 01:30:55,956
Yeah!

1461
01:30:56,040 --> 01:30:58,316
All right, line up. Let's see something.

1462
01:30:58,400 --> 01:31:01,234
- [chorus vocalizing]
<i>- ♪ They tried to bring me down ♪</i>

1463
01:31:01,800 --> 01:31:04,952
- [boy shouting]
<i>- ♪ They tried to count me out ♪</i>

1464
01:31:05,040 --> 01:31:06,793
<i>♪ They filled my head with doubt ♪</i>

1465
01:31:06,880 --> 01:31:09,440
<i>♪ But it's not, it's not over ♪</i>

1466
01:31:09,520 --> 01:31:11,671
[man rapping]
<i>♪ I cry freedom every time I speak ♪</i>

1467
01:31:11,760 --> 01:31:14,753
<i>♪ Move through the dark clouds
To the light I seek ♪</i>

1468
01:31:14,840 --> 01:31:17,275
<i>♪ Straight from the fire
Right into the heat ♪</i>

1469
01:31:17,360 --> 01:31:20,671
<i>♪ I shout so loud
That they yellin' "Preach!" ♪</i>

1470
01:31:20,760 --> 01:31:23,116
<i>♪ So throw everything you want at me ♪</i>

1471
01:31:23,200 --> 01:31:25,237
<i>♪ Now you think you got me
Where you wanted me ♪</i>

1472
01:31:26,480 --> 01:31:28,278
<i>♪ Yeah ♪</i>

1473
01:31:28,360 --> 01:31:30,520
<i>♪ Through the mud, through the pain
Through this door ♪</i>

1474
01:31:30,560 --> 01:31:32,950
<i>♪ Lord knows that I'm impatient
But still I pray ♪</i>

1475
01:31:33,040 --> 01:31:37,319
[man] Go! Come on, come on!
Let's go! Come on, Banks! That's it!

1476
01:31:37,400 --> 01:31:38,720
Go, Brian!

1477
01:31:39,680 --> 01:31:41,433
<i>♪ They filled my head with doubt ♪</i>

1478
01:31:41,520 --> 01:31:44,399
<i>♪ But it's not, it's not over ♪</i>

1479
01:31:44,480 --> 01:31:46,312
[chattering]

1480
01:31:46,400 --> 01:31:47,914
<i>♪ Preach ♪</i>

1481
01:31:48,840 --> 01:31:50,320
<i>♪ Oh, yeah ♪</i>

1482
01:31:51,040 --> 01:31:52,235
<i>♪ Yeah ♪</i>

1483
01:32:02,000 --> 01:32:03,195
Banks.

1484
01:32:04,400 --> 01:32:06,278
Why don't you lead us out of here?

1485
01:32:06,360 --> 01:32:08,352
Come on, guys! Let's gather round!

1486
01:32:08,440 --> 01:32:10,432
[players shouting]

1487
01:32:12,800 --> 01:32:14,439
[song continues playing]

1488
01:32:14,520 --> 01:32:16,830
[players chanting]
Banks! Banks! Banks! Banks!

1489
01:32:16,920 --> 01:32:19,310
[crowd cheering, shouting]

1490
01:32:19,400 --> 01:32:21,198
<i>♪ They filled my head with doubt ♪</i>

1491
01:32:21,280 --> 01:32:23,920
<i>♪ But it's not, it's not ♪</i>

1492
01:32:24,000 --> 01:32:26,356
<i>♪ It's not over ♪</i>

1493
01:32:28,240 --> 01:32:29,879
Brian!

1494
01:32:32,200 --> 01:32:33,839
Brian!

1495
01:32:34,800 --> 01:32:37,793
<i>♪ They tried to bring me down ♪</i>

1496
01:32:40,200 --> 01:32:41,714
<i>♪ But it's not over ♪</i>

1497
01:32:41,800 --> 01:32:44,474
<i>♪ It's not over ♪</i>

1498
01:32:45,760 --> 01:32:48,514
[singer vocalizing]

1499
01:32:51,760 --> 01:32:54,536
[man rapping] <i>♪ Come hell or high water
I just fightin' like I oughta ♪</i>

1500
01:32:54,560 --> 01:32:56,552
<i>♪ Put my heart in these recordings
Never fallin' ♪</i>

1501
01:32:56,640 --> 01:32:58,552
<i>♪ 'Cause ain't no autumn in California ♪</i>

1502
01:32:58,640 --> 01:33:00,950
<i>♪ The paranoia that comes
With tryin' to be great ♪</i>

1503
01:33:01,040 --> 01:33:02,440
<i>♪ Sometimes it's too much to take ♪</i>

1504
01:33:02,480 --> 01:33:05,234
<i>♪ So I reinin' in every snake
That try to change my fate ♪</i>

1505
01:33:05,320 --> 01:33:08,199
<i>♪ They thought they had my name
But I just changed the date ♪</i>

1506
01:33:08,280 --> 01:33:11,478
<i>♪ Funny how they love to build you up
Just to tear you down ♪</i>

1507
01:33:11,560 --> 01:33:14,200
<i>♪ Put you on the ground
While your head in the world round ♪</i>

1508
01:33:15,240 --> 01:33:17,960
<i>♪ They tried to bring me down ♪</i>

1509
01:33:18,040 --> 01:33:20,953
<i>♪ They tried to count me out ♪</i>

1510
01:33:21,040 --> 01:33:22,952
<i>♪ They filled my head with doubt ♪</i>

1511
01:33:23,040 --> 01:33:25,999
<i>♪ But it's not, it's not over ♪</i>

1512
01:33:26,760 --> 01:33:29,434
<i>♪ And yes, I been through hell ♪</i>

1513
01:33:29,520 --> 01:33:32,354
<i>♪ But on the other side ♪</i>

1514
01:33:32,440 --> 01:33:34,113
<i>♪ Is where I found myself ♪</i>

1515
01:33:34,200 --> 01:33:37,557
<i>♪ And it's not, it's not over ♪</i>

1516
01:33:38,480 --> 01:33:40,376
[man rapping]
<i>♪ I cry freedom every time I speak ♪</i>

1517
01:33:40,400 --> 01:33:43,711
<i>♪ Move through the dark clouds
To the light I seek ♪</i>

1518
01:33:43,800 --> 01:33:46,395
<i>♪ Straight from the fire
Right into the heat ♪</i>

1519
01:33:46,480 --> 01:33:49,552
<i>♪ I shout so loud
That they yellin' "Preach!" ♪</i>

1520
01:33:49,640 --> 01:33:52,235
<i>♪ So throw everything you want at me ♪</i>

1521
01:33:52,320 --> 01:33:55,119
<i>♪ Now you think you got me
Where you wanted me ♪</i>

1522
01:33:55,200 --> 01:33:57,431
<i>♪ But ain't no stoppin'
What I'm gonna be ♪</i>

1523
01:33:58,040 --> 01:34:00,271
<i>♪ You see, the struggle is a part of me ♪</i>

1524
01:34:01,000 --> 01:34:02,957
<i>♪ They tried to bring me down ♪</i>

1525
01:34:04,080 --> 01:34:06,675
<i>♪ They tried to count me out ♪</i>

1526
01:34:06,760 --> 01:34:08,353
<i>♪ They filled my head with doubt ♪</i>

1527
01:34:08,440 --> 01:34:11,638
<i>♪ But it's not, it's not over ♪</i>

1528
01:34:12,720 --> 01:34:15,155
<i>♪ And yes, I been through hell ♪</i>

1529
01:34:15,240 --> 01:34:17,994
<i>♪ But on the other side ♪</i>

1530
01:34:18,080 --> 01:34:19,753
<i>♪ Is where I found myself ♪</i>

1531
01:34:19,880 --> 01:34:23,191
<i>♪ And it's not, it's not over ♪</i>

1532
01:34:23,840 --> 01:34:26,435
<i>♪ They tried to bring me down ♪</i>

1533
01:34:26,520 --> 01:34:29,354
<i>♪ They tried to count me out ♪</i>

1534
01:34:29,440 --> 01:34:31,477
<i>♪ They filled my head with doubt ♪</i>

1535
01:34:31,600 --> 01:34:34,593
<i>♪ But it's not, it's not over ♪</i>

1536
01:34:35,960 --> 01:34:37,997
[man rapping]
<i>♪ You know I prayed for it ♪</i>

1537
01:34:39,240 --> 01:34:41,596
<i>♪ I prayed for a miracle ♪</i>

1538
01:34:42,680 --> 01:34:45,798
<i>♪ And it's not, it's not over ♪</i>

1539
01:34:45,880 --> 01:34:48,839
<i>♪ They try to tell you that you wrong
When you know you right ♪</i>

1540
01:34:48,920 --> 01:34:51,674
<i>♪ I ain't gonna fall
I'mma stand and fight ♪</i>

1541
01:34:51,760 --> 01:34:54,195
<i>♪ I already made it through
A million nights ♪</i>

1542
01:34:54,280 --> 01:34:58,877
<i>♪ And it's not, it's not over ♪</i>

1543
01:35:00,320 --> 01:35:02,437
["Set Me Free" playing]