How Did Brian Banks Become A Criminal?

Brian Banks, a form Polytech high school football superstar, had his dreams crushed to become a USC football player when he was wrongfully accused on raping a girl he had known since middle school. Brian came to Emporia State University on Wednesday, November, 8th to talk about what he has gone through and where he is at today in life. Before Brian came onto stage, they played a video that gave us some background information about Brian and the case he went through.
When Brian came out onto stage he starts right in with his story. Brian spent from the age of 16 to 22 in jail for a crime that he did not commit. These charges were pressed against him after he took a girl that he had known since middle school to “the spot” at his high school. He was just a young boy that …show more content…
During his first two weeks in jail, he did not do anything and lost 14 pounds. A guy that Brian did not know came into his cell one day and said “Brian I don’t know what you are going through but you have to let it go.” Brian did not know how he was just supposed to let everything go, so this guy taught a class that helped people find the path to enlightenment and he wanted Brian to join them. He was just trying to prepare him for the worst which was yet to come. After being in and out of court for almost a year, Brian at the age of 17 was tried as an adult in court for 41 years life in prison. However, he could plead no contest to one count of sexual assault where he may get a chance at either three or five years in jail. He had ten minutes to make his decision and at the end of the ten minutes he decided he would plead not contest to one count of sexual