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- [boy 1] Down!
- [boy 2] Hut! Hut!
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[boy 1] Down! Hut!
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[man narrating] I remember
my first game of football.
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Something happened that
afternoon that's hard to explain.
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I felt like I could do anything.
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I felt...
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free.
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I didn't know much about
what that word meant then.
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"Free."
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Not like I do now.
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Freedom doesn't just start
on the football field.
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It starts in the mind.
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[whistle blows]
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Banks, Brandon, cover two.
Ready?
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[all grunt]
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[whistle blows]
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Go right. Go right.
Come on, bruh!
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Wingback. Wing.
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[indistinct shouting]
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Come on!
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- [grunting]
- [crowd cheering]
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[laughing]
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Good job.
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Good hustle today, Banks.
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[chuckles] Thanks, Coach.
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Though it took a minute for
that muscle memory to kick in.
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I know we're not SC,
but we are glad to have you here.
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[phone ringing]
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[indistinct chatter]
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- This is Brian.
- [Randolph] Need you in my office
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9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning,
Banks.
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[stammers] Well, I thought our next
meeting wasn't until next month.
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Special meeting. Be there.
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[line clicks]
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All right, listen up,
children.
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Those of you
who have seen the news,
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I'm sure you know,
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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.
- [all murmuring]
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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.
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Can you take it off?
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The answer is never, ever.
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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.
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Are we clear?
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You know I've been playing football
at Long Beach City College.
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Not anymore you're not.
You can't bust this thing up.
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Can I just remove it
while I play?
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- [chuckles] No. No. No way.
- But I gotta play, sir.
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You see, I'm trying to work my
way back to a shot at the NFL.
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You know how many kids
tell me that every day?
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They want to be in the NFL,
NBA, rap stars.
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Forget about football.
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Boyhood dreams got no place
in a man's life.
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You need to concentrate
on getting employed.
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Or you can dick around,
end up right back in the system.
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It's on you. Next.
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[sighs]
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[groans]
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No, no, no, no, no, no!
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No! No!
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Maybe they'll
cut your time short.
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They ain't gonna cut it short.
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Well, maybe you can
play football when it's up.
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Mom, nobody starts
playing football at 27.
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[keyboard clacking]
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[sighs]
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[hip-hop song playing]
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[chuckles]
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[indistinct]
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I think we'll get along well.
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- [groans]
- [Justin on TV] Today marks the culmination
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of a five-year battle by the
California Innocence Project
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to right a terrible wrong.
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Twenty-one years ago,
this man was convicted
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and locked away for a crime
he didn't commit.
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Write them again.
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They already
turned me down, Mom.
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This time don't tell them
about your case.
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Tell them about you.
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Tell them who you are.
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[Brian] Dear Mr. Brooks,
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I am writing you again
in the hope
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that the California Innocence
Project will reconsider my case.
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I know you hear
from a lot of people,
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but maybe if you got to know
me, you might reconsider.
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Let me state, clearly and
unequivocally, I am innocent.
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I spent six years in prison
and the past three on parole
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for a sex offense
that I did not commit.
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I wrote you two years ago from
CMC and you turned me down.
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But I don't stay down.
Not for long.
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I learned that in prison
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and I learned it
growing up, too.
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You see, I played a lot of
football when I was young.
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And it wasn't all ice cream
and pizza parties.
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No, sir.
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I had a different walk home.
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Life in Long Beach was for real
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and it was hard
to see a way out.
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[indistinct shouting]
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But football
gave me an option.
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It taught me discipline
and dedication,
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and strangely, it gave me faith.
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Because Mom said
my talent was God-given.
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So, each night,
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I promised to give
something back in return.
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By the time I was 16,
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I wasn't just your average
high school football player.
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- I was what they called a sure thing.
- [crowd cheering]
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[announcer] All-American
Brian Banks with the tackle!
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Brutal hit by Brian Banks,
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all the way up here
in the press box.
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[Brian]
I played middle linebacker
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on one of the best teams
in the country.
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We had 2,000 fans at every game.
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But to be honest,
I only heard one.
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Yay! That's my baby!
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- [laughing]
- [announcer] The sky's the limit for this kid.
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[Brian] Even though
I was just a sophomore,
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I had the attention
of the media...
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Big game coming up, Brian.
Remember, we're doing that feature on you.
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You'll call me, right?
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- Oh, yes, sir.
- Great game.
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[Brian] ...and the best coach
in college football...
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- Who's up?
- Hey, Coach Carroll.
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- Brian!
- ...Coach Pete Carroll of USC.
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Good to see you, man.
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Just reviewed the tape on you
from last season.
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- Amazing!
- Aw, thanks, Coach.
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Can't wait to see
what you bring today.
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We do this right, we're not just
talking about the Rose Bowl.
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We're talking NFL
and a lifetime of opportunities.
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[Brian] Coach Carroll was
someone I looked up to,
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and his belief in me
made a world of difference.
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What does it say?
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- USC.
- Huh?
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- It says USC.
- Yeah!
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[both laughing]
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[Brian] But all that changed
on July 8, 2002.
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You know that feeling you get
that tells you something is off?
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Some say it's the voice of God.
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Had I listened to that voice,
we might not be here today.
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But I didn't.
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And here we are.
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[crowd chattering]
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[phone ringing]
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Wait, wait, hold up, hold up.
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[sighs]
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- Yeah?
- Pack it up. Get out of there.
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- I'm not done with the job yet.
- No, you are done.
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The monitor says that
you're at Pomona fairgrounds.
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"Fair" and "sex offender"
do not go together, Banks.
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Sir, we're only here
for a couple more hours.
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You know how long
it took me to get this job?
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- If I leave now, I'll get fired.
- Yeah, if you don't leave now,
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might as well drive yourself
straight to County.
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Pack it up.
Get your ass out of there.
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[phone beeps]
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[Justin] All right, so I'm innocent.
What are my options?
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Anybody?
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Come on, what are my options?
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- Yes.
- Take it to the Supreme Court?
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No. You have
no Constitutional right
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to take it to the Supreme Court,
even if you're innocent.
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The best you can do
is take it to the state level.
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And good luck with that
in California.
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Because? I'm gonna keep
telling you guys this.
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It is almost impossible to overturn
a conviction here in California.
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We make those people out in Alabama
look like a bunch of liberals.
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- [laughter]
- I quote:
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"New evidence must completely
undermine the prosecution's case
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and point unerringly
to innocence."
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All right?
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That's it for today. Thanks.
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[murmuring]
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- Mr. Brooks, I'm Brian Banks.
- Oh, hey, Brian.
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Yeah, you're the football
player, right?
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[chuckles]
You got my letter.
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I got your letters.
Plural, right?
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Look, Brian, I know
Alissa explained to you,
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we only work with
wrongly imprisoned people.
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- I was wrongly imprisoned.
- I know. I know.
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But you're out now. Okay?
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It's a good thing.
And you took a plea.
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- I only took a plea because I was...
- You don't have to explain.
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It's okay. It's okay.
97% of all cases plead out.
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But you didn't go to trial, so you can't
appeal. There's nothing you can do.
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There's always
something you can do.
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- You can file a habeas petition.
- A what?
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It's a writ of habeas corpus.
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You challenge the conviction
based on new evidence.
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But if you were paying attention in
there, you heard me.
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It's gotta be
damn good evidence.
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All right? I gotta go.
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Let me tell you
about my DNA evidence.
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Which you had at the time, right?
You didn't use it.
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That's what I'm trying to tell you, Brian.
You need something new.
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New piece of evidence.
A new witness
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who can place you somewhere else
at the time of the incident,
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or a recantation
by the complainant.
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- What's that?
- Well, basically, the girl would have to say you didn't do it.
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Come on, man.
I go anywhere near that girl,
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they're gonna put me
right back in prison.
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There ain't no way
that girl gonna flip.
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She got paid
a million and a half bucks.
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She what?
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Her and her mom sued the school
district for lack of security.
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They got 1.5.
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All right.
Well, look, Brian,
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I've got clients,
innocent people.
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They've been locked up
20, 30 years.
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They'd love to be able to take
a nice drive to San Diego.
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The criminal justice system
is messed up.
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It's supposed to be innocent
until proven guilty.
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A lot of cases,
it's the exact opposite.
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It sounds like yours included.
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I'm sorry.
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What's that thing called again?
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A writ of what?
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Habeas corpus.
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[hip-hop song playing]
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[weights clanking]
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Hey, Corey, look, man,
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I really appreciate
what you're trying to do,
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but I ain't gonna be surprised if
the owner's got a problem with this.
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Brian, I've known you
since we were kids.
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I'm gonna talk to the owner,
let him know you're a straight-up dude,
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and that he has nothing to worry about.
Because he doesn't.
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- All right. Thanks, man.
- I got you.
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It means the world, all right?
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Hey, Karina,
come here for a sec.
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I want to introduce you
to my man Brian.
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He's gonna be
working here soon.
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Great. Nice to meet you.
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Let me tell you something
about this dude.
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Back in the day,
baddest football player ever.
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Yeah. I'm telling you.
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You don't play anymore?
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Uh, I'm not in playing shape
right now.
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Karina could help you
with that.
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00:14:41,252 --> 00:14:43,519
This girl right here is fierce.
247
00:14:43,521 --> 00:14:45,521
Get you back in tip-top shape
in no time.
248
00:14:45,523 --> 00:14:47,622
So, listen,
I'm gonna call you in a few days.
249
00:14:47,624 --> 00:14:50,025
All right. Thanks again.
250
00:14:50,027 --> 00:14:51,864
- Really.
- No problem, man. I got you.
251
00:14:53,364 --> 00:14:56,165
Corey's great.
Treats people really well.
252
00:14:56,167 --> 00:14:58,700
Oh, he's stepping out for me,
that's for sure.
253
00:14:58,702 --> 00:15:01,270
[chuckles]
So, are you gonna work out?
254
00:15:01,272 --> 00:15:02,538
Uh, I'm thinking about it.
255
00:15:02,540 --> 00:15:04,306
Corey said it was cool,
so, you know.
256
00:15:04,308 --> 00:15:06,242
Well, I can train you
if you want.
257
00:15:06,244 --> 00:15:09,712
Oh, wow, look, uh,
that's really generous. Thank you.
258
00:15:09,714 --> 00:15:11,948
But things have been kind of
tight for me lately, so...
259
00:15:11,950 --> 00:15:13,315
No problem.
260
00:15:13,317 --> 00:15:16,153
First session
is complimentary. Really.
261
00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:18,890
Come on.
Let's see what you got.
262
00:15:21,124 --> 00:15:23,595
Push it. Nice. Arch the back.
263
00:15:24,494 --> 00:15:27,295
Four, three, five... six.
264
00:15:27,297 --> 00:15:28,600
Both arms.
265
00:15:29,433 --> 00:15:30,935
Both arms.
266
00:15:32,637 --> 00:15:35,474
- [exhales]
- And rest. Nice.
267
00:15:35,739 --> 00:15:36,975
Yeah.
268
00:15:39,543 --> 00:15:41,479
- Hey, let's go.
- Yeah, in a minute.
269
00:15:44,382 --> 00:15:48,049
Nice. Nice. Nice. Okay.
270
00:15:48,051 --> 00:15:50,489
Pump those knees.
Stick the landing.
271
00:15:51,723 --> 00:15:52,991
Give me ten.
272
00:15:54,191 --> 00:15:55,927
- Okay.
- [grunts]
273
00:16:01,766 --> 00:16:05,133
So, I... I wanted to get
my masters, but, uh...
274
00:16:05,135 --> 00:16:08,673
I have so many student loans
that I just thought,
275
00:16:09,507 --> 00:16:12,341
you know,
why not take a break, work,
276
00:16:12,343 --> 00:16:14,543
chip away
at some of that debt.
277
00:16:14,545 --> 00:16:17,413
And before I knew it,
two years turned into five
278
00:16:17,415 --> 00:16:20,051
and still not in grad school,
but...
279
00:16:20,518 --> 00:16:22,019
So, what you studying?
280
00:16:22,652 --> 00:16:24,252
I majored in art.
281
00:16:24,254 --> 00:16:27,122
- What? That's cool.
- [laughs]
282
00:16:27,124 --> 00:16:30,492
Anyway, Columbia is the dream
for grad school.
283
00:16:30,494 --> 00:16:32,060
So, fingers crossed.
284
00:16:32,062 --> 00:16:34,398
- Hey. Got them crossed.
- [laughs]
285
00:16:36,133 --> 00:16:37,532
Anyway, what about you?
286
00:16:37,534 --> 00:16:40,102
You used to be
a football player.
287
00:16:40,104 --> 00:16:41,237
Yeah.
288
00:16:41,239 --> 00:16:42,975
But you don't play anymore?
289
00:16:43,374 --> 00:16:44,542
I'm hoping to.
290
00:16:45,343 --> 00:16:47,112
What happened?
Why don't you play?
291
00:16:48,812 --> 00:16:53,718
Okay, Karina, look,
if we're gonna hang out, be friends,
292
00:16:55,152 --> 00:16:57,422
there's something
I gotta tell you.
293
00:16:58,422 --> 00:16:59,657
Okay.
294
00:17:04,295 --> 00:17:06,127
When I was 16,
295
00:17:06,129 --> 00:17:08,466
I was accused
of something I didn't do.
296
00:17:09,634 --> 00:17:11,634
Now, this is back
in high school.
297
00:17:11,636 --> 00:17:14,169
You know,
I was on my way to USC,
298
00:17:14,171 --> 00:17:17,173
full ride, football,
everything, right?
299
00:17:17,175 --> 00:17:21,476
This young lady
falsely accused me...
300
00:17:21,478 --> 00:17:24,215
[audio fades]
301
00:17:32,456 --> 00:17:36,194
I've just been working to get my life back.
Clear my name.
302
00:17:39,296 --> 00:17:40,598
- Uh...
- Yeah.
303
00:17:41,264 --> 00:17:42,566
I, uh...
304
00:17:44,734 --> 00:17:46,734
I have to go back to work.
305
00:17:46,736 --> 00:17:49,538
- I'm sorry. Let me...
- Yeah. No, I mean, it's your job.
306
00:17:49,540 --> 00:17:51,706
I'll give...
I'll give you something.
307
00:17:51,708 --> 00:17:54,676
No, don't worry about it.
I got it.
308
00:17:54,678 --> 00:17:56,712
- I got... Yeah.
- I'll see you at the gym. Okay?
309
00:17:56,714 --> 00:17:59,216
It's okay. It's okay. Yeah.
310
00:18:08,493 --> 00:18:09,625
[door opens]
311
00:18:09,627 --> 00:18:11,062
- Mom.
- [door shuts]
312
00:18:12,496 --> 00:18:13,664
Mom!
313
00:18:14,599 --> 00:18:15,766
[keys clatter]
314
00:18:31,849 --> 00:18:33,085
[sighs]
315
00:18:45,795 --> 00:18:47,665
[reading aloud in a whisper]
316
00:18:56,907 --> 00:19:00,212
[man] Your assignment
this week is to copy this,
317
00:19:01,478 --> 00:19:02,845
and tape it to your cell wall
318
00:19:02,847 --> 00:19:05,783
where you can see it
morning, noon and night.
319
00:19:06,850 --> 00:19:09,753
This circle is your life.
320
00:19:10,588 --> 00:19:13,692
And the goal
is to travel this circle
321
00:19:14,559 --> 00:19:17,696
until you get back
to who you are.
322
00:19:18,628 --> 00:19:22,300
Now, most people never make it
because of this.
323
00:19:25,336 --> 00:19:28,236
In here are distractions.
324
00:19:28,238 --> 00:19:31,706
You gotta have more.
You gotta make more.
325
00:19:31,708 --> 00:19:34,409
You gotta keep up
with the Joneses.
326
00:19:34,411 --> 00:19:36,678
But you gentlemen
have been given a gift.
327
00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:40,619
You've been removed
from these distractions.
328
00:19:41,351 --> 00:19:42,353
You can't get more.
329
00:19:42,852 --> 00:19:44,188
You can't make more.
330
00:19:44,789 --> 00:19:46,358
Given the right perspective,
331
00:19:46,890 --> 00:19:48,726
prison can set you free,
332
00:19:49,593 --> 00:19:53,931
and your despair
can become a doorway.
333
00:19:55,565 --> 00:19:57,700
Use that despair
334
00:19:57,702 --> 00:20:02,607
and never give up
on what lives within you.
335
00:20:08,612 --> 00:20:10,713
- [line ringing]
- [operator] California Innocence Project.
336
00:20:10,715 --> 00:20:14,753
Hi. This is Brian Banks.
May I please speak to Alissa Bjerkhoel?
337
00:20:15,753 --> 00:20:17,720
- [knocking]
- It's Brian Banks again.
338
00:20:17,722 --> 00:20:18,988
You want to take it
or you want me to?
339
00:20:18,990 --> 00:20:20,588
No, no, no.
I got it. I got it.
340
00:20:20,590 --> 00:20:21,859
Okay.
341
00:20:25,629 --> 00:20:27,299
- [beeps]
- Brian.
342
00:20:27,831 --> 00:20:30,031
Hey, I saw
your habeas petition.
343
00:20:30,033 --> 00:20:32,501
You can't just put us down
as your attorneys, Brian.
344
00:20:32,503 --> 00:20:35,303
I had to put somebody down just
in case they gave me a hearing.
345
00:20:35,305 --> 00:20:37,306
- Which they're not gonna do because...
- Yeah, I know.
346
00:20:37,308 --> 00:20:39,407
They sent me a copy of this.
I tried to tell you.
347
00:20:39,409 --> 00:20:41,909
- You need some new evidence.
- So help me find some.
348
00:20:41,911 --> 00:20:44,346
It's out there. It's gotta be,
'cause I'm innocent.
349
00:20:44,348 --> 00:20:47,683
I've had prisoners put together
their own habeas petitions before.
350
00:20:47,685 --> 00:20:49,354
Never very good.
351
00:20:49,686 --> 00:20:51,686
But this is...
352
00:20:51,688 --> 00:20:54,658
Guys, I see you hiding out there.
Why don't you just come on in?
353
00:20:55,926 --> 00:20:57,592
You sure you didn't have
any help with this?
354
00:20:57,594 --> 00:20:58,862
You didn't get me any,
remember?
355
00:21:00,063 --> 00:21:03,531
Right. Well, you got a real
fan club up here, Brian.
356
00:21:03,533 --> 00:21:07,403
I'm gonna have a mutiny on my
hands unless we do something.
357
00:21:07,405 --> 00:21:10,938
So, Marilyn and Alissa are
gonna head up to Los Angeles,
358
00:21:10,940 --> 00:21:12,907
ask you a few questions,
all right?
359
00:21:12,909 --> 00:21:15,647
Meanwhile, I don't want you
to go outside county lines.
360
00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,414
Does that mean
you're taking on my case?
361
00:21:18,416 --> 00:21:20,482
No. It doesn't mean that.
362
00:21:20,484 --> 00:21:22,951
In fact, I'm hesitant to even
have this conversation with you
363
00:21:22,953 --> 00:21:25,553
for fear that I'm gonna
get your hopes up.
364
00:21:25,555 --> 00:21:29,090
But if we have an inkling
that we can help somebody out,
365
00:21:29,092 --> 00:21:31,428
we try and at least grant them
an interview.
366
00:21:32,629 --> 00:21:33,729
So you have an inkling.
367
00:21:33,731 --> 00:21:35,597
No, I didn't say that.
368
00:21:35,599 --> 00:21:37,366
- You just did.
- You definitely did.
369
00:21:37,368 --> 00:21:39,635
- No, I said "if" I have an inkling.
- Inkling.
370
00:21:39,637 --> 00:21:42,538
A slight knowledge, hint or suspicion.
Middle English origin.
371
00:21:42,540 --> 00:21:44,973
I read the dictionary twice when
I was in prison, Mr. Brooks.
372
00:21:44,975 --> 00:21:46,607
We gotta go, Brian.
373
00:21:46,609 --> 00:21:48,077
[receiver clatters]
374
00:21:48,079 --> 00:21:50,948
- Happy?
- [chuckles] Come on. Let's go.
375
00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:58,455
So, is it okay
if we record you?
376
00:21:59,557 --> 00:22:01,459
- Absolutely.
- Okay.
377
00:22:02,959 --> 00:22:05,462
Now we need you to walk us
through the incident.
378
00:22:06,129 --> 00:22:07,998
Can you tell us
what happened that day?
379
00:22:09,867 --> 00:22:12,470
I just left history class.
380
00:22:13,137 --> 00:22:15,503
I was gonna call
this reporter.
381
00:22:15,505 --> 00:22:17,004
[line ringing]
382
00:22:17,006 --> 00:22:19,808
- This is Mike. Leave a message.
- [beep]
383
00:22:19,810 --> 00:22:21,876
Hey, Mr. Paley,
it's Brian Banks.
384
00:22:21,878 --> 00:22:25,015
Um... Guess I'll just
try you after school.
385
00:22:26,783 --> 00:22:28,485
[Brian]
Her name was Kennisha Rice.
386
00:22:30,620 --> 00:22:34,492
I knew her from middle school.
Her and her sister Ava.
387
00:22:35,559 --> 00:22:38,029
Hey, Kennisha, what up?
What you doing?
388
00:22:38,763 --> 00:22:40,098
Bathroom. [chuckles]
389
00:22:40,764 --> 00:22:41,932
Bathroom that way.
390
00:22:42,733 --> 00:22:44,569
I was gonna go
to the 700 building.
391
00:22:45,503 --> 00:22:47,539
I mean, you want me
to walk with you?
392
00:22:48,406 --> 00:22:49,704
Okay.
393
00:22:49,706 --> 00:22:51,106
- Okay.
- [chuckles]
394
00:22:51,108 --> 00:22:53,841
The 700 building
was across campus.
395
00:22:53,843 --> 00:22:55,978
[chattering]
396
00:22:55,980 --> 00:22:58,983
It had this place where
everybody went to make out.
397
00:23:01,051 --> 00:23:02,821
The whole school knew about it.
398
00:23:03,553 --> 00:23:05,087
That if you liked a girl
399
00:23:05,089 --> 00:23:06,558
and a girl liked you,
400
00:23:07,957 --> 00:23:09,793
you always ended up there.
401
00:23:12,862 --> 00:23:14,532
But it was tricky to get to.
402
00:23:15,565 --> 00:23:17,665
There was this long hallway,
403
00:23:17,667 --> 00:23:20,104
and you had to be really quiet.
404
00:23:21,738 --> 00:23:23,137
But if you made it through...
405
00:23:23,139 --> 00:23:24,039
[giggling]
406
00:23:24,041 --> 00:23:25,609
...you were on your own.
407
00:23:26,910 --> 00:23:28,078
Usually.
408
00:23:29,713 --> 00:23:31,416
- What you trying to do?
- [giggles]
409
00:23:31,849 --> 00:23:33,051
What's up?
410
00:23:37,754 --> 00:23:38,956
Mmm.
411
00:23:40,090 --> 00:23:41,959
[breathing heavily]
412
00:23:42,459 --> 00:23:43,658
[door opens]
413
00:23:43,660 --> 00:23:45,028
[woman speaking Spanish]
414
00:23:47,965 --> 00:23:51,136
And then I was thinking,
"What are you doing?
415
00:23:51,836 --> 00:23:53,501
If we get caught,
416
00:23:53,503 --> 00:23:55,703
then I get kicked out
of summer school,
417
00:23:55,705 --> 00:23:58,075
and that could mess up
the whole football season."
418
00:23:58,742 --> 00:24:00,478
So when I heard the teacher,
419
00:24:01,579 --> 00:24:02,946
I stopped.
420
00:24:04,615 --> 00:24:06,013
I stopped.
421
00:24:06,015 --> 00:24:08,852
Hey, look, I ain't really
feeling this no more, so...
422
00:24:09,719 --> 00:24:10,988
Um...
423
00:24:11,722 --> 00:24:13,021
You go out that way.
424
00:24:13,023 --> 00:24:15,459
I'm gonna go out that door.
All right?
425
00:24:16,961 --> 00:24:20,031
There's just so many things
I could have said.
426
00:24:21,264 --> 00:24:24,068
"I don't want you
to get in trouble," or...
427
00:24:25,101 --> 00:24:27,903
"I just don't think this is
special enough of a place."
428
00:24:27,905 --> 00:24:29,441
[door closes]
429
00:24:32,076 --> 00:24:34,112
But I was 16.
430
00:24:36,146 --> 00:24:38,148
I wasn't grown-up enough.
431
00:24:41,784 --> 00:24:43,151
And to be honest,
432
00:24:43,153 --> 00:24:46,491
I just went back to class
and I forgot about it.
433
00:24:48,024 --> 00:24:49,325
But she didn't forget.
434
00:24:53,196 --> 00:24:55,099
[Brian]
She went back to math class.
435
00:24:55,933 --> 00:24:57,732
Was with her friend Shayla.
436
00:24:57,734 --> 00:24:59,971
[teacher speaking indistinctly]
437
00:25:02,171 --> 00:25:04,141
And that's where
it all went wrong.
438
00:25:07,311 --> 00:25:10,114
While she and her mom
were with the police,
439
00:25:12,616 --> 00:25:13,685
I was at home.
440
00:25:16,020 --> 00:25:17,989
I still remember my dream.
441
00:25:19,790 --> 00:25:21,656
[crowd cheering]
442
00:25:21,658 --> 00:25:24,995
It was that same feeling I had
when I was a kid.
443
00:25:28,866 --> 00:25:30,734
The feeling of being free.
444
00:25:32,636 --> 00:25:34,336
Don't move! Let's go.
445
00:25:34,338 --> 00:25:36,104
- Put your hands behind your back.
- Wait, wait, wait.
446
00:25:36,106 --> 00:25:37,306
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
447
00:25:37,308 --> 00:25:39,107
- Shut up!
- But I ain't do nothing!
448
00:25:39,109 --> 00:25:41,609
- I didn't do nothing!
- Shut up!
449
00:25:41,611 --> 00:25:44,312
- Mom! Mom! Mom!
- Get him up! Get him up!
450
00:25:44,314 --> 00:25:47,348
- Get him out of here!
- Mom, I didn't do nothing!
451
00:25:47,350 --> 00:25:51,555
Where are you taking my son?
Brian! Brian!
452
00:25:53,823 --> 00:25:55,225
[crying] Brian!
453
00:25:56,694 --> 00:25:58,229
Brian!
454
00:25:59,830 --> 00:26:02,330
[Alissa] Brian's problem
is that he told the truth.
455
00:26:02,332 --> 00:26:04,098
Without legal counsel present,
456
00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:07,168
he admitted to being
in the stairwell with Kennisha,
457
00:26:07,170 --> 00:26:09,771
and the DA determined
there was probable cause.
458
00:26:09,773 --> 00:26:14,108
Two months later, Brian was removed from
juvenile court and tried as an adult.
459
00:26:14,110 --> 00:26:17,111
Two counts of felony rape
and one count of sodomy
460
00:26:17,113 --> 00:26:19,114
with an enhanced circumstance
of kidnapping.
461
00:26:19,116 --> 00:26:22,250
His mother had to sell their house and
their car to afford a new attorney.
462
00:26:22,252 --> 00:26:25,686
According to the record, every time
Kennisha told her story, it changed.
463
00:26:25,688 --> 00:26:29,090
And how did he drag her down a
hallway by a bunch of open classrooms
464
00:26:29,092 --> 00:26:30,892
- without being noticed?
- [Alissa] Exactly.
465
00:26:30,894 --> 00:26:33,261
Unfortunately, no one
ever visited the hallway.
466
00:26:33,263 --> 00:26:35,297
Not the attorneys,
not the investigators.
467
00:26:35,299 --> 00:26:37,633
- And the DNA evidence?
- [Marilyn] It came back negative.
468
00:26:37,635 --> 00:26:40,702
Which supports Brian's
assertion they never had sex.
469
00:26:40,704 --> 00:26:43,741
So, why did he plea?
Did you ask him?
470
00:26:45,943 --> 00:26:47,579
[crowd murmuring]
471
00:26:56,387 --> 00:26:58,419
I'm sorry, folks.
We need a 30-minute recess
472
00:26:58,421 --> 00:27:00,290
while I meet with counsel
in chambers.
473
00:27:01,157 --> 00:27:02,359
[gavel bangs]
474
00:27:02,926 --> 00:27:04,329
[crowd murmurs]
475
00:27:10,967 --> 00:27:14,037
I got some good news.
I worked out a deal with the DA.
476
00:27:14,804 --> 00:27:16,370
They gonna drop the charges?
477
00:27:16,372 --> 00:27:18,406
Kidnapping and sodomy charges
478
00:27:18,408 --> 00:27:21,443
if you agree to plead no contest
to one count of rape.
479
00:27:21,445 --> 00:27:24,680
- What's no contest?
- It means you don't contest the charges.
480
00:27:24,682 --> 00:27:26,982
You don't plead guilty,
you don't plead not guilty.
481
00:27:26,984 --> 00:27:28,450
But I am not guilty.
482
00:27:28,452 --> 00:27:30,851
Brian, I have seen this
too many times.
483
00:27:30,853 --> 00:27:34,723
You admitted to some intimate
contact, so it comes down to consent.
484
00:27:34,725 --> 00:27:37,826
- [sighs]
- Who's the jury gonna believe?
485
00:27:37,828 --> 00:27:40,462
And did you see all those
white folks out there?
486
00:27:40,464 --> 00:27:43,898
All they see is a big black
teenager accused of rape.
487
00:27:43,900 --> 00:27:46,934
And if any of them end up on the
jury, they're gonna find you guilty.
488
00:27:46,936 --> 00:27:50,905
But if you take this deal,
you are almost guaranteed probation,
489
00:27:50,907 --> 00:27:52,943
and in three months' time,
you can be back to your family.
490
00:27:53,974 --> 00:27:56,280
Back to your life.
Back to playing football. You'd be free.
491
00:27:57,947 --> 00:28:01,185
[exhales] Okay.
Can I talk to my mom about this?
492
00:28:01,851 --> 00:28:02,986
No, Brian.
493
00:28:03,753 --> 00:28:05,353
You've been charged
as an adult
494
00:28:05,355 --> 00:28:07,792
and you need to make
this decision yourself.
495
00:28:08,492 --> 00:28:10,492
And they've only given us
ten minutes to decide.
496
00:28:10,494 --> 00:28:13,095
- Ten minutes?
- Then the deal is off the table.
497
00:28:13,097 --> 00:28:15,230
- You need to decide now.
- [exhales]
498
00:28:15,232 --> 00:28:17,132
You wanna go home,
put this behind you,
499
00:28:17,134 --> 00:28:20,271
or do you want to risk your whole
life for something you didn't do?
500
00:28:22,071 --> 00:28:23,306
Ten minutes, Brian.
501
00:28:27,110 --> 00:28:28,745
[door opens]
502
00:28:30,513 --> 00:28:31,849
[door closes]
503
00:28:33,817 --> 00:28:35,186
[breathes deeply]
504
00:28:37,321 --> 00:28:41,790
So, Mr. Banks, it's my understanding
that you wish to enter a plea.
505
00:28:41,792 --> 00:28:43,261
Is that correct?
506
00:28:52,936 --> 00:28:55,103
Uh... Yes. Yes, sir.
507
00:28:55,105 --> 00:28:58,005
[judge] Now, you understand
that a plea of no contest
508
00:28:58,007 --> 00:29:00,744
has the same legal effect
as a plea of guilty.
509
00:29:01,544 --> 00:29:04,011
That you will be required
to register as a sex offender
510
00:29:04,013 --> 00:29:05,914
for the rest of your life.
511
00:29:05,916 --> 00:29:07,284
Do you understand that?
512
00:29:09,153 --> 00:29:10,888
- [gasps]
- Mr. Banks?
513
00:29:12,222 --> 00:29:13,925
Do you understand?
514
00:29:20,129 --> 00:29:21,933
Yes, sir. [breathes heavily]
515
00:29:22,331 --> 00:29:24,366
Brian Keith Banks,
516
00:29:24,368 --> 00:29:26,568
on count one,
517
00:29:26,570 --> 00:29:29,271
that you committed the crime
of forcible rape, a felony,
518
00:29:29,273 --> 00:29:30,472
how do you plead?
519
00:29:30,474 --> 00:29:31,509
[gasps]
520
00:29:32,943 --> 00:29:35,042
No... No contest.
521
00:29:35,044 --> 00:29:36,446
[engine starts]
522
00:29:38,115 --> 00:29:39,183
Probation is denied.
523
00:29:42,051 --> 00:29:45,453
Defendant is to be imprisoned
for a total of six years,
524
00:29:45,455 --> 00:29:48,290
followed by five years
of supervised parole.
525
00:29:48,292 --> 00:29:49,991
[crowd exclaims]
526
00:29:49,993 --> 00:29:52,260
- [gavel bangs]
- No! No!
527
00:29:52,262 --> 00:29:53,895
- No, no, wait, wait.
- It's not right!
528
00:29:53,897 --> 00:29:55,329
- That's what you get.
- This isn't right!
529
00:29:55,331 --> 00:29:57,299
- Six years?
- My son is innocent...
530
00:29:57,301 --> 00:29:59,000
- No, hold... Wait. Mom!
- Brian!
531
00:29:59,002 --> 00:30:01,837
Mrs. Ford, you were supposed
to keep my son out of prison.
532
00:30:01,839 --> 00:30:05,072
You didn't say six...
You ain't say nothing about six years!
533
00:30:05,074 --> 00:30:06,407
- Mom! Mom!
- Brian!
534
00:30:06,409 --> 00:30:08,210
Now you about to pay
for raping my daughter.
535
00:30:08,212 --> 00:30:09,845
Hold on, wait a minute!
Wait a minute!
536
00:30:09,847 --> 00:30:13,280
My son is innocent!
My son is innocent!
537
00:30:13,282 --> 00:30:14,449
[door closes]
538
00:30:14,451 --> 00:30:16,821
My son is innocent!
539
00:30:23,226 --> 00:30:27,261
Really good job, you guys. You laid out
the facts of the case really clearly.
540
00:30:27,263 --> 00:30:29,496
How does any of this help Brian?
541
00:30:29,498 --> 00:30:31,098
What about the DNA?
542
00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:33,201
[overlapping chatter]
543
00:30:33,203 --> 00:30:36,637
I know. I know.
A lot of really bad stuff happened.
544
00:30:36,639 --> 00:30:39,307
Not to mention he got questionable
advice from his attorney.
545
00:30:39,309 --> 00:30:41,909
But they had the DNA evidence,
all right?
546
00:30:41,911 --> 00:30:44,212
And they didn't use it.
We can't either.
547
00:30:44,214 --> 00:30:46,248
Right?
There's nothing new here, guys.
548
00:30:46,250 --> 00:30:50,518
Alissa, Marilyn,
I sent you guys up to LA to dig around.
549
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:54,623
- Did you find any new evidence that hasn't been submitted?
- There was never a trial.
550
00:30:54,625 --> 00:30:57,024
So there have to be witnesses
that weren't questioned.
551
00:30:57,026 --> 00:30:59,394
- We can find them and talk to them.
- And when are we gonna do that?
552
00:30:59,396 --> 00:31:02,664
Are we gonna take away time from cases
we have a legitimate chance of winning?
553
00:31:02,666 --> 00:31:05,232
The Johnson case is definitely gonna push.
I'll find the time.
554
00:31:05,234 --> 00:31:08,636
I got spring break coming up. I can
use my time to question a few people.
555
00:31:08,638 --> 00:31:11,005
- I've got time. I'm happy to help.
- Me too.
556
00:31:11,007 --> 00:31:12,674
- I'll help.
- I can. I definitely can help.
557
00:31:12,676 --> 00:31:16,347
- [chattering]
- He's innocent. We got this.
558
00:31:18,314 --> 00:31:19,883
[whispers] This is your fault.
559
00:31:21,318 --> 00:31:22,951
[breathing heavily]
560
00:31:22,953 --> 00:31:24,288
[phone ringing]
561
00:31:28,225 --> 00:31:29,426
This is Brian.
562
00:31:30,327 --> 00:31:32,027
Hey, Brian, it's Alissa.
563
00:31:32,029 --> 00:31:35,696
- Do you have your 2002 yearbook, by chance?
- Yeah.
564
00:31:35,698 --> 00:31:38,199
Okay, great. Do you think you
can identify some of the students
565
00:31:38,201 --> 00:31:40,135
you went to summer school with?
566
00:31:40,137 --> 00:31:41,304
Oh, yes, ma'am. Right away.
567
00:31:49,612 --> 00:31:51,512
- [line ringing]
- [man] What's up?
568
00:31:51,514 --> 00:31:53,650
Hey, yo, Eli, what's up, man?
It's B.
569
00:31:54,417 --> 00:31:56,020
Yeah, it's been a while, man.
570
00:32:03,459 --> 00:32:05,260
And then out of the blue,
Kennisha says,
571
00:32:05,262 --> 00:32:08,195
"Well, just so you know,
I wasn't even really raped.
572
00:32:08,197 --> 00:32:11,534
I only said that so my mom wouldn't
find out I was getting with boys."
573
00:32:12,668 --> 00:32:15,538
Shayla, would you be willing
to put all of this in writing?
574
00:32:16,173 --> 00:32:18,442
- Yeah.
- That's great.
575
00:32:25,482 --> 00:32:27,014
I'm sorry, man.
576
00:32:27,016 --> 00:32:28,619
Hey. You tried, man.
577
00:32:29,319 --> 00:32:30,521
You tried.
578
00:32:35,759 --> 00:32:36,994
Brian?
579
00:32:39,628 --> 00:32:42,465
How'd it go with Corey?
Did you get the job?
580
00:32:43,500 --> 00:32:45,500
Actually, the owner said no.
581
00:32:45,502 --> 00:32:47,234
But, uh...
582
00:32:47,236 --> 00:32:50,440
Corey, nah, he was great.
Really went to bat for me.
583
00:32:51,774 --> 00:32:56,243
- Listen, I'm... sorry about the other day. I...
- It's fine.
584
00:32:56,245 --> 00:32:58,713
Look, there's no good way to
tell a bad story. All right?
585
00:32:58,715 --> 00:33:01,715
And no matter how I tell it,
586
00:33:01,717 --> 00:33:04,519
people always gonna wonder
if I'm telling the truth, so...
587
00:33:04,521 --> 00:33:06,588
I'm not wondering anymore.
588
00:33:06,590 --> 00:33:08,155
Corey and I spoke,
and I know now
589
00:33:08,157 --> 00:33:10,461
that you didn't deserve
what happened to you.
590
00:33:13,463 --> 00:33:17,799
The other day, I hesitated when
I told you I was an art major.
591
00:33:17,801 --> 00:33:20,670
It's because whenever I say it,
people judge me.
592
00:33:22,138 --> 00:33:24,041
Brian, I judged you.
593
00:33:26,376 --> 00:33:27,677
And I am so sorry.
594
00:33:29,713 --> 00:33:31,682
In football, we used to say,
595
00:33:32,815 --> 00:33:35,685
"Spend too much time thinking
about the last play,
596
00:33:37,087 --> 00:33:38,656
you won't be ready
for the next one."
597
00:33:41,590 --> 00:33:43,426
So, you want to work out
with me?
598
00:33:44,427 --> 00:33:46,196
First session's complimentary.
599
00:33:47,164 --> 00:33:48,165
[chuckles]
600
00:33:52,168 --> 00:33:53,204
Brian?
601
00:33:55,539 --> 00:33:57,241
Well, I'm not gonna
work out in this.
602
00:33:57,506 --> 00:33:58,839
[laughs]
603
00:33:58,841 --> 00:34:00,578
I'll be back
in five minutes.
604
00:34:01,578 --> 00:34:03,144
Five minutes.
605
00:34:03,146 --> 00:34:04,181
Don't lock me out.
606
00:34:10,853 --> 00:34:13,087
[men singing]
♪ Yo, oh, whoa ♪
607
00:34:13,089 --> 00:34:14,855
- [clapping]
- [guitar playing]
608
00:34:14,857 --> 00:34:17,858
♪ While my heart's
Still beating ♪
609
00:34:17,860 --> 00:34:19,594
♪ Take me alive ♪
610
00:34:19,596 --> 00:34:21,232
[man]
One more time, everybody now!
611
00:34:21,730 --> 00:34:24,801
♪ Yo, oh, whoa ♪
612
00:34:25,469 --> 00:34:28,339
♪ Yo, oh, whoa ♪
613
00:34:29,272 --> 00:34:32,340
♪ While my heart's
Still beating ♪
614
00:34:32,342 --> 00:34:33,811
♪ Take me alive ♪
615
00:34:36,313 --> 00:34:40,681
♪ And while my heart's
Still beating ♪
616
00:34:40,683 --> 00:34:43,219
♪ Take me alive ♪
617
00:34:45,822 --> 00:34:47,525
[cheering]
618
00:34:48,792 --> 00:34:50,761
Give it up for Justin!
619
00:34:52,596 --> 00:34:57,498
Thank you all, and don't let my
playing affect your donations.
620
00:34:57,500 --> 00:34:58,768
[laughter]
621
00:34:59,469 --> 00:35:00,838
You're a man of many talents.
622
00:35:01,304 --> 00:35:02,871
Hey.
623
00:35:02,873 --> 00:35:05,206
Well, when I was younger,
I wanted to be a rock star.
624
00:35:05,208 --> 00:35:06,773
If I could have sung
worth a lick,
625
00:35:06,775 --> 00:35:08,442
never would have gone
to law school.
626
00:35:08,444 --> 00:35:10,478
Lucky for me,
you can't sing.
627
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:11,815
Was it that bad?
628
00:35:12,415 --> 00:35:13,817
It was pretty bad.
629
00:35:15,585 --> 00:35:18,820
So, I'm guessing Alissa told
you how to find me tonight?
630
00:35:18,822 --> 00:35:20,855
[chuckles] If I say yes,
is she in trouble?
631
00:35:20,857 --> 00:35:23,657
Well, Alissa's always
in trouble.
632
00:35:23,659 --> 00:35:25,830
I happen to like that
about her. [chuckles]
633
00:35:29,866 --> 00:35:31,735
You got a little time
before your curfew?
634
00:35:32,435 --> 00:35:33,637
Yeah.
635
00:35:35,572 --> 00:35:36,637
Okay.
636
00:35:36,639 --> 00:35:38,275
[music playing]
637
00:35:41,777 --> 00:35:43,545
Come on. Show me.
638
00:35:43,547 --> 00:35:45,346
I'm sorry, what happened?
639
00:35:45,348 --> 00:35:46,547
I think the table's slanted.
640
00:35:46,549 --> 00:35:48,315
Come ready!
641
00:35:48,317 --> 00:35:50,821
- I respect it. I respect it.
- Whoo!
642
00:35:54,324 --> 00:35:55,559
Pow.
643
00:35:56,592 --> 00:35:58,659
That's it? You giving up?
644
00:35:58,661 --> 00:35:59,897
I'm out of money.
645
00:36:00,630 --> 00:36:02,297
Hope you're happy.
646
00:36:02,299 --> 00:36:03,965
I'll be happy
when you represent me.
647
00:36:03,967 --> 00:36:05,632
Mmm.
648
00:36:05,634 --> 00:36:09,404
Brian, I want to help you.
I do.
649
00:36:09,406 --> 00:36:14,208
And in a perfect world,
you and I would just waltz into the court,
650
00:36:14,210 --> 00:36:17,844
you tell them what Shayla said
and they'd reopen your case.
651
00:36:17,846 --> 00:36:20,216
But that is not
the world we live in.
652
00:36:21,250 --> 00:36:23,817
The system is broken.
It's what I'm trying to tell you.
653
00:36:23,819 --> 00:36:25,221
It just doesn't care.
654
00:36:25,788 --> 00:36:27,554
I'm just supposed
to accept that,
655
00:36:27,556 --> 00:36:29,590
that the system is broken?
656
00:36:29,592 --> 00:36:30,860
Well, you know
what I say to that?
657
00:36:32,228 --> 00:36:33,230
Fuck the system.
658
00:36:34,331 --> 00:36:37,334
No, for real, man.
I mean, why can't we at least try?
659
00:36:37,967 --> 00:36:40,300
What is the system?
It's people.
660
00:36:40,302 --> 00:36:43,871
Yeah?
It's cops, lawyers, judges.
661
00:36:43,873 --> 00:36:46,241
If one of them
had just cared enough
662
00:36:46,243 --> 00:36:49,476
to even go down to that hallway
Kennisha said I dragged her,
663
00:36:49,478 --> 00:36:52,646
listened to how the tiniest
little noise echoes,
664
00:36:52,648 --> 00:36:55,219
I wouldn't have
this damn thing on my leg.
665
00:36:56,453 --> 00:36:57,755
- Mr. Brooks...
- Justin.
666
00:36:58,520 --> 00:36:59,723
Justin.
667
00:37:01,757 --> 00:37:04,525
I know the system
doesn't care about me.
668
00:37:04,527 --> 00:37:06,330
I've known that my whole life.
669
00:37:07,630 --> 00:37:09,333
The question is, do you?
670
00:37:16,038 --> 00:37:18,775
I carry three pictures
in my wallet.
671
00:37:19,375 --> 00:37:21,811
My, uh... My wife,
672
00:37:22,846 --> 00:37:26,447
my kids and, uh,
that one right there.
673
00:37:26,449 --> 00:37:27,882
That's her on the left.
674
00:37:27,884 --> 00:37:30,918
My longest-standing client,
Marilyn Mulero.
675
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,987
One day I'm looking through
the newspaper and I see that
676
00:37:33,989 --> 00:37:37,794
Marilyn gets the death penalty
on a plea bargain.
677
00:37:38,795 --> 00:37:40,998
I'm wondering,
how's that even possible,
678
00:37:41,730 --> 00:37:43,399
to get death on a plea?
679
00:37:43,933 --> 00:37:45,335
Where's the bargain?
680
00:37:45,969 --> 00:37:47,934
So, I look into it.
Sure enough,
681
00:37:47,936 --> 00:37:50,741
this woman here,
she's the one that pulled the trigger.
682
00:37:51,907 --> 00:37:53,840
I find a couple of witnesses,
683
00:37:53,842 --> 00:37:56,246
I find a mountain
of evidence,
684
00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:58,415
and I lose.
685
00:37:59,683 --> 00:38:00,951
Eighteen years.
686
00:38:01,817 --> 00:38:03,686
With new evidence.
687
00:38:04,888 --> 00:38:06,824
Marilyn's still behind bars.
688
00:38:07,956 --> 00:38:09,690
She's the reason
I started the CIP
689
00:38:09,692 --> 00:38:11,828
and I'm not giving up
until she's free.
690
00:38:14,797 --> 00:38:17,065
So, yeah,
I can be a little jaded.
691
00:38:17,067 --> 00:38:20,436
But every once in a while,
we win.
692
00:38:21,904 --> 00:38:23,339
And it's amazing...
693
00:38:24,373 --> 00:38:25,973
seeing an innocent person
go free.
694
00:38:25,975 --> 00:38:28,608
And we do it because
we bust our asses
695
00:38:28,610 --> 00:38:29,980
and we know
what the system wants.
696
00:38:31,581 --> 00:38:33,350
Something extraordinary.
697
00:38:34,750 --> 00:38:37,351
You want me to be
your lawyer, Brian?
698
00:38:37,353 --> 00:38:39,753
We've already looked at your case,
talked to potential witnesses.
699
00:38:39,755 --> 00:38:44,027
I even called the parole board about
shortening your time. The well is dry.
700
00:38:45,362 --> 00:38:48,128
So let me tell you what I
need to argue your case.
701
00:38:48,130 --> 00:38:51,402
Not some piece of hearsay
evidence from ten years ago.
702
00:38:51,801 --> 00:38:53,469
I need something big.
703
00:38:55,371 --> 00:38:56,507
Earth-shattering.
704
00:38:58,375 --> 00:38:59,510
Extraordinary.
705
00:39:05,714 --> 00:39:06,883
Sorry.
706
00:39:12,489 --> 00:39:13,757
[door opens]
707
00:39:18,761 --> 00:39:19,962
[door closes]
708
00:39:52,862 --> 00:39:54,465
Just a reminder.
709
00:39:54,864 --> 00:39:56,100
You do have a family.
710
00:39:56,799 --> 00:39:58,000
Going soon.
711
00:39:58,735 --> 00:39:59,937
What is that?
712
00:40:01,170 --> 00:40:06,042
This is the hallway Brian
supposedly dragged that girl down.
713
00:40:06,676 --> 00:40:07,875
All the doors were open.
714
00:40:07,877 --> 00:40:09,643
I checked the school records.
715
00:40:09,645 --> 00:40:13,047
Classrooms were full of kids.
Ten separate classrooms.
716
00:40:13,049 --> 00:40:15,215
No way nobody
didn't hear something.
717
00:40:15,217 --> 00:40:18,186
Which gets rid of the
kidnapping charge right there.
718
00:40:18,188 --> 00:40:22,126
But that's still not enough
to reopen the case, is it?
719
00:40:23,125 --> 00:40:25,395
[sighs] No, it's not.
720
00:40:27,831 --> 00:40:30,565
I don't understand, Justin.
721
00:40:30,567 --> 00:40:34,101
No, it's just...
It's something Brian said. It was, uh...
722
00:40:34,103 --> 00:40:36,003
I mean, we all know
the system's broken.
723
00:40:36,005 --> 00:40:38,105
Which is why
you started this place.
724
00:40:38,107 --> 00:40:41,541
I know, but I just don't
wanna ever stop trying
725
00:40:41,543 --> 00:40:44,547
because the system has
conditioned us to stop trying.
726
00:40:47,884 --> 00:40:49,086
Go home.
727
00:40:49,985 --> 00:40:51,552
[chuckles]
728
00:40:51,554 --> 00:40:53,891
Come on.
You visited this hallway.
729
00:40:54,723 --> 00:40:56,092
Go visit your family.
730
00:40:57,159 --> 00:40:58,494
Yeah.
731
00:40:59,696 --> 00:41:01,061
[newscaster speaking on TV]
732
00:41:01,063 --> 00:41:02,665
[keyboard clacking]
733
00:41:03,632 --> 00:41:07,000
Since when did you become
interested in art museums?
734
00:41:07,002 --> 00:41:09,939
You remember that trainer
I told you about, Karina.
735
00:41:10,607 --> 00:41:11,708
So, she's an artist?
736
00:41:12,741 --> 00:41:16,580
Yeah. Yeah, she just sent me this.
Check it out.
737
00:41:19,781 --> 00:41:21,581
Baby, she painted this?
738
00:41:21,583 --> 00:41:22,919
Yup.
739
00:41:24,087 --> 00:41:25,820
So, you want to take her
to the museum?
740
00:41:25,822 --> 00:41:29,790
Just to thank her for all
the free training sessions.
741
00:41:29,792 --> 00:41:33,159
But there's some special
exhibit going on right now
742
00:41:33,161 --> 00:41:36,197
and the ticket prices are crazy.
I don't...
743
00:41:36,199 --> 00:41:37,935
Get the tickets, baby.
744
00:41:38,735 --> 00:41:40,034
Oh, Ma, come on.
745
00:41:40,036 --> 00:41:41,569
Look, I know
things are tight right now.
746
00:41:41,571 --> 00:41:43,938
I mean, barely made
the car payment last month.
747
00:41:43,940 --> 00:41:45,676
The car payment can wait.
748
00:41:46,643 --> 00:41:47,945
Your happiness can't.
749
00:41:54,918 --> 00:41:56,987
Brian, you deserve happiness.
750
00:41:57,853 --> 00:42:00,523
Not shame, not guilt.
751
00:42:01,290 --> 00:42:02,525
Happiness.
752
00:42:04,761 --> 00:42:05,963
Thanks, Mom.
753
00:42:06,328 --> 00:42:07,597
Oh...
754
00:42:08,665 --> 00:42:09,931
Thanks.
755
00:42:09,933 --> 00:42:12,636
[pop song playing]
756
00:42:13,770 --> 00:42:15,205
[indistinct]
757
00:42:46,935 --> 00:42:48,636
What is it?
758
00:42:48,638 --> 00:42:51,708
Reminds me of something
someone taught me once.
759
00:42:53,976 --> 00:42:55,679
[phone ringing]
760
00:43:00,917 --> 00:43:02,916
- Um, I gotta take this.
- Yeah.
761
00:43:02,918 --> 00:43:04,621
- I'll be right back.
- Okay.
762
00:43:06,089 --> 00:43:08,822
- This is Brian.
- [Randolph] What the hell are you doing, Banks?
763
00:43:08,824 --> 00:43:10,391
2,000 feet, remember?
764
00:43:10,393 --> 00:43:12,596
- What?
- Look out the window.
765
00:43:13,096 --> 00:43:15,197
Look out the goddamn window.
766
00:43:17,634 --> 00:43:19,199
Does that look like 2,000 feet?
767
00:43:19,201 --> 00:43:20,967
Get out of there now!
768
00:43:20,969 --> 00:43:22,138
[beep]
769
00:43:24,741 --> 00:43:25,775
[mutters] What the...
770
00:43:27,377 --> 00:43:28,612
[sighs]
771
00:43:34,984 --> 00:43:36,252
Is everything okay?
772
00:43:38,654 --> 00:43:40,022
I can't be here.
773
00:43:41,690 --> 00:43:44,291
- Okay.
- I'm sorry, I should have checked.
774
00:43:44,293 --> 00:43:47,297
I just got so excited
with the art and, you know...
775
00:43:48,831 --> 00:43:53,804
But hey, I got a chance to
see your kind of art. Right?
776
00:43:55,038 --> 00:43:57,040
Would you mind
if I showed you mine?
777
00:43:59,074 --> 00:44:00,643
Okay. [chuckles]
778
00:44:02,078 --> 00:44:04,244
Yeah, okay. Yeah, let's go.
779
00:44:04,246 --> 00:44:05,913
- [chuckles] Okay.
- Yeah.
780
00:44:05,915 --> 00:44:08,752
[hip-hop song playing]
781
00:44:11,353 --> 00:44:15,922
Wow!
Brian, this is some canvas.
782
00:44:15,924 --> 00:44:20,126
- [giggles]
- I remember going to my first USC game when I was 15.
783
00:44:20,128 --> 00:44:22,029
I went with my mom
and my brother Brandon.
784
00:44:22,031 --> 00:44:23,898
I was sitting right up there.
785
00:44:23,900 --> 00:44:26,199
Section 6, seat 14.
786
00:44:26,201 --> 00:44:27,934
The best part
wasn't even the game.
787
00:44:27,936 --> 00:44:31,237
The best part was just
watching my mom be so happy
788
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:32,808
because I was so happy.
789
00:44:35,210 --> 00:44:36,379
Hey, uh...
790
00:44:37,313 --> 00:44:39,750
I'm... I'm sorry about today,
Karina.
791
00:44:40,782 --> 00:44:43,884
I didn't even know what it
meant when I took that plea.
792
00:44:43,886 --> 00:44:47,690
All I knew was that I just didn't want
to spend the rest of my life in jail.
793
00:44:49,292 --> 00:44:51,828
My cousin went to prison.
794
00:44:53,763 --> 00:44:56,299
And when he came out,
he just wasn't the same.
795
00:44:58,034 --> 00:44:59,836
And you were what, 16?
796
00:45:01,136 --> 00:45:02,438
How did you survive it?
797
00:45:03,272 --> 00:45:04,674
Almost didn't.
798
00:45:05,373 --> 00:45:07,176
Especially in the beginning.
799
00:45:09,244 --> 00:45:12,715
Then I met a man
who showed me a different way,
800
00:45:14,116 --> 00:45:15,885
and everything changed.
801
00:45:17,286 --> 00:45:19,853
Two men look out
from prison bars.
802
00:45:19,855 --> 00:45:21,424
One saw mud,
803
00:45:22,424 --> 00:45:24,894
the other, the stars.
804
00:45:26,161 --> 00:45:27,763
Perspective, gentlemen.
805
00:45:28,498 --> 00:45:32,735
Perspective is the key
to how one fares in life.
806
00:45:35,138 --> 00:45:36,739
Mr. Banks, what do you think?
807
00:45:38,540 --> 00:45:40,876
I don't think none of
this shit apply to me.
808
00:45:42,145 --> 00:45:44,447
Then you need this class
more than most.
809
00:45:44,980 --> 00:45:46,279
[buzzer]
810
00:45:46,281 --> 00:45:47,484
Thank you, gentlemen.
811
00:45:54,956 --> 00:45:56,159
Mr. Banks.
812
00:45:57,159 --> 00:45:58,360
Brian.
813
00:46:01,130 --> 00:46:05,833
I know you think football
is the pathway to happiness.
814
00:46:05,835 --> 00:46:07,503
But on my life, son,
815
00:46:08,170 --> 00:46:10,239
I promise you that it is not.
816
00:46:11,206 --> 00:46:14,411
The path to happiness
begins and ends
817
00:46:15,177 --> 00:46:16,480
in the mind.
818
00:46:17,346 --> 00:46:18,982
Free your mind, Brian,
819
00:46:20,081 --> 00:46:21,884
and your ass will follow.
820
00:46:25,188 --> 00:46:26,490
[Brian] Before him,
821
00:46:27,456 --> 00:46:29,793
all I could think was, "Why me?"
822
00:46:33,862 --> 00:46:35,197
[door opens]
823
00:46:47,076 --> 00:46:48,344
All right, look.
824
00:46:49,946 --> 00:46:53,949
I don't know exactly
what it is you're going through,
825
00:46:55,418 --> 00:46:57,354
but you've got to let it go
826
00:46:58,221 --> 00:46:59,889
or it's gonna pull you down.
827
00:47:01,857 --> 00:47:06,159
How you got here may be wrong,
but the fact is, you are here.
828
00:47:06,161 --> 00:47:10,866
And before you leave this place
physically, you must leave it mentally,
829
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:13,869
or you'll be back.
830
00:47:28,016 --> 00:47:29,252
This is for you.
831
00:47:32,087 --> 00:47:34,523
I might give you more books
from time to time.
832
00:47:35,391 --> 00:47:36,960
Books I hope you'll read.
833
00:47:45,101 --> 00:47:46,403
[door closes]
834
00:47:58,281 --> 00:48:01,415
[Brian] I wish I could say
I got it from the start, but...
835
00:48:01,417 --> 00:48:02,918
I was scared.
836
00:48:03,585 --> 00:48:05,552
Scared my life was over.
837
00:48:05,554 --> 00:48:10,556
Then this dude, doesn't know nothing
about me, he's talking about helping me?
838
00:48:10,558 --> 00:48:12,895
Was this the kind of help
that my lawyer gave me?
839
00:48:13,561 --> 00:48:15,364
So, yeah, I was skeptical.
840
00:48:17,299 --> 00:48:20,067
And right when I'm trying to
understand everything he's teaching me,
841
00:48:20,069 --> 00:48:21,371
I get transferred.
842
00:48:22,304 --> 00:48:23,572
Didn't see him again.
843
00:48:25,574 --> 00:48:28,345
That's when prison
had its own ideas.
844
00:48:29,578 --> 00:48:31,947
- [indistinct chatter]
- [laughter]
845
00:48:47,063 --> 00:48:48,431
[toilet flushes]
846
00:49:02,444 --> 00:49:03,612
What's up, homie?
847
00:49:04,612 --> 00:49:06,049
You got a problem, bitch?
848
00:49:06,514 --> 00:49:08,551
No, I ain't got no problem.
849
00:49:10,185 --> 00:49:11,353
B87.
850
00:49:12,321 --> 00:49:13,523
Gate's open.
851
00:49:18,761 --> 00:49:23,400
[Brian] In prison,
it's the not knowing that gets to you.
852
00:49:24,632 --> 00:49:27,303
Not knowing what's on
the other side of a door.
853
00:49:28,136 --> 00:49:31,170
Not knowing
if you'll make it out alive.
854
00:49:31,172 --> 00:49:33,974
[indistinct chatter]
855
00:49:38,681 --> 00:49:41,248
What's up, homie?
[grunts]
856
00:49:41,250 --> 00:49:46,520
Sometimes you gotta walk deeper
into the darkness to find the light.
857
00:49:46,522 --> 00:49:50,157
Hey, Banks, get up!
Let's go! Up! Now!
858
00:49:50,159 --> 00:49:51,425
You broke his jaw, Banks.
859
00:49:51,427 --> 00:49:53,626
Don't you ever want
to get out of here?
860
00:49:53,628 --> 00:49:56,532
Sixty days. Think about it.
861
00:49:57,433 --> 00:49:59,266
[Brian]
That was solitary for me.
862
00:49:59,268 --> 00:50:00,570
[door slams]
863
00:50:27,529 --> 00:50:29,165
[breathing heavily]
864
00:50:32,067 --> 00:50:33,602
[grunting]
865
00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:40,176
I don't even feel you
no more, God.
866
00:50:41,576 --> 00:50:43,045
I can't feel you.
867
00:50:55,757 --> 00:50:57,159
[laughs]
868
00:51:02,598 --> 00:51:05,168
Brian, we need you
back in the game.
869
00:51:14,743 --> 00:51:18,779
Hey, you think they give
a shit about you?
870
00:51:18,781 --> 00:51:21,815
About how twisted up
and pissed off you are?
871
00:51:21,817 --> 00:51:25,088
They don't even remember
your name. Shit.
872
00:51:32,127 --> 00:51:33,196
[exhales]
873
00:51:34,196 --> 00:51:35,632
[groans]
874
00:51:39,368 --> 00:51:40,636
Brian.
875
00:51:44,406 --> 00:51:46,109
You've got to let it go.
876
00:51:47,375 --> 00:51:49,711
You've got to let it all go,
877
00:51:50,545 --> 00:51:52,549
or it's going
to pull you down.
878
00:51:53,882 --> 00:51:56,518
All you can control in life...
879
00:51:57,152 --> 00:51:58,253
This is for you.
880
00:52:04,560 --> 00:52:06,663
Is how you respond to life.
881
00:52:46,268 --> 00:52:47,400
It's strange.
882
00:52:47,402 --> 00:52:51,373
I didn't see Mr. Johnson
after that first year in juvie.
883
00:52:52,907 --> 00:52:54,911
But he's been with me
every day since.
884
00:53:02,351 --> 00:53:03,586
Listen, I...
885
00:53:04,786 --> 00:53:06,321
I want to be honest with you.
886
00:53:07,456 --> 00:53:08,591
I, um...
887
00:53:09,491 --> 00:53:11,594
I told you
I put off grad school,
888
00:53:13,395 --> 00:53:14,663
but I didn't say why.
889
00:53:16,864 --> 00:53:19,368
Why I reacted
when I heard your story.
890
00:53:23,871 --> 00:53:28,411
I... I didn't have the best
experience in college and...
891
00:53:29,344 --> 00:53:30,679
Um...
892
00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:39,722
Who was he?
893
00:53:42,690 --> 00:53:44,293
A friend... [sniffles]
894
00:53:45,460 --> 00:53:46,628
I thought.
895
00:53:48,397 --> 00:53:49,230
Uh...
896
00:53:50,699 --> 00:53:53,235
He said he couldn't
remember me saying no.
897
00:53:54,502 --> 00:53:56,939
Said I could have gotten
those bruises from anywhere.
898
00:53:59,407 --> 00:54:02,909
The cops were like,
"Sure you're not overreacting?"
899
00:54:02,911 --> 00:54:05,447
And when the school...
900
00:54:06,815 --> 00:54:08,217
did nothing...
901
00:54:09,351 --> 00:54:10,386
I left.
902
00:54:12,587 --> 00:54:13,790
I'm sorry.
903
00:54:16,525 --> 00:54:20,697
I... I don't even know how you can
hang with me after hearing my story.
904
00:54:21,996 --> 00:54:23,265
[chuckles]
905
00:54:25,734 --> 00:54:27,436
Well, I couldn't at first.
906
00:54:30,505 --> 00:54:32,274
But then I got to know you.
907
00:55:04,440 --> 00:55:06,342
[TV: football game]
908
00:55:14,350 --> 00:55:16,418
No. Can't do that.
909
00:55:17,118 --> 00:55:18,387
Can't do that.
910
00:55:18,853 --> 00:55:20,389
[sighs]
911
00:55:22,857 --> 00:55:24,326
[electronic chirp]
912
00:55:25,860 --> 00:55:27,330
[chuckles]
913
00:55:28,831 --> 00:55:30,533
[humming]
914
00:55:36,471 --> 00:55:37,873
[electronic chirp]
915
00:55:39,775 --> 00:55:41,375
[chuckles]
916
00:55:41,377 --> 00:55:43,110
[crowd cheering]
917
00:55:43,112 --> 00:55:45,811
[announcer] Here he comes,
and that'll be a first down.
918
00:55:45,813 --> 00:55:50,483
Whoo! That's the way to freaking
pass, baby! Yeah, baby!
919
00:55:50,485 --> 00:55:52,886
[announcer] And Coach Pete
Carroll calls another time-out.
920
00:55:52,888 --> 00:55:54,554
[announcer 2]
I gotta tell you,
921
00:55:54,556 --> 00:55:56,690
when it comes to Coach Carroll,
there's no quit in him.
922
00:55:56,692 --> 00:55:59,125
The players believe in him,
they believe in the system.
923
00:55:59,127 --> 00:56:01,027
He brings a lot of energy
to the team.
924
00:56:01,029 --> 00:56:03,896
And I think Carroll coming on
to the Seahawks
925
00:56:03,898 --> 00:56:05,835
is the best decision
they could have made.
926
00:56:06,534 --> 00:56:07,904
[electronic chirp]
927
00:56:16,911 --> 00:56:18,814
[breathing heavily]
928
00:56:27,822 --> 00:56:30,926
Oh, shit. Oh, shit.
929
00:56:31,560 --> 00:56:32,862
Oh, shit.
930
00:56:40,502 --> 00:56:41,971
[breathing heavily]
931
00:56:59,955 --> 00:57:01,623
[muttering]
"Bygones be..."
932
00:57:37,259 --> 00:57:38,961
[buzzing]
933
00:57:43,130 --> 00:57:44,900
[breathing heavily]
934
00:57:57,545 --> 00:57:58,614
Hello?
935
00:58:00,014 --> 00:58:01,183
[Kennisha] Hello?
936
00:58:02,583 --> 00:58:03,618
Kennisha?
937
00:58:04,652 --> 00:58:05,687
Hey.
938
00:58:08,924 --> 00:58:10,126
Hey.
939
00:58:12,261 --> 00:58:13,496
So, um...
940
00:58:15,297 --> 00:58:17,764
I... I guess I'm still wondering
941
00:58:17,766 --> 00:58:20,833
why you'd send me
a friend request like that.
942
00:58:20,835 --> 00:58:24,172
Yeah. I wasn't even sure
you would answer.
943
00:58:25,206 --> 00:58:28,978
So, I was just looking through
people I know from high school.
944
00:58:29,777 --> 00:58:31,647
I saw your page.
945
00:58:32,581 --> 00:58:33,649
And I was like,
946
00:58:34,750 --> 00:58:36,585
you look good. [chuckles]
947
00:58:37,953 --> 00:58:40,089
But I was thinking
maybe we could,
948
00:58:41,156 --> 00:58:44,927
I don't know,
hang out or something?
949
00:58:45,860 --> 00:58:47,529
Hang... Hang out?
950
00:58:48,697 --> 00:58:51,831
Can you understand why that
might seem a little weird to me
951
00:58:51,833 --> 00:58:53,101
that you'd want to do that?
952
00:58:54,136 --> 00:58:57,206
I was in prison. I can't work.
953
00:58:57,940 --> 00:58:59,672
I can't play football.
954
00:58:59,674 --> 00:59:02,275
Things have been pretty tough
for me, Kennisha.
955
00:59:02,277 --> 00:59:07,116
So, I guess that mean you
ain't trying to hang out, then?
956
00:59:10,819 --> 00:59:12,688
Uh, well...
957
00:59:16,023 --> 00:59:17,627
Well, maybe we could.
958
00:59:18,793 --> 00:59:19,960
Yeah, maybe we could.
959
00:59:19,962 --> 00:59:21,998
Truth is, I'm just stuck.
960
00:59:23,598 --> 00:59:26,101
And you're the only one
who can help me get unstuck.
961
00:59:27,168 --> 00:59:28,601
I mean,
you're the only other one
962
00:59:28,603 --> 00:59:30,603
who knows what really happened.
963
00:59:30,605 --> 00:59:32,308
And if you did help me, then...
964
00:59:33,241 --> 00:59:36,112
we would never have to
talk about this stuff again.
965
00:59:37,112 --> 00:59:38,548
All right, well...
966
00:59:39,313 --> 00:59:41,250
what is it you need me to do?
967
00:59:46,253 --> 00:59:49,688
Brian, if they find out you
went anywhere near that girl,
968
00:59:49,690 --> 00:59:51,593
they'll send you
right back to prison.
969
00:59:52,159 --> 00:59:53,826
That's why
nobody's gonna find out.
970
00:59:53,828 --> 00:59:56,329
Please, let's think
about this some more.
971
00:59:56,331 --> 00:59:58,632
You only have ten months left
on your parole.
972
00:59:58,634 --> 01:00:00,400
But I'm still gonna be
on that damn list.
973
01:00:00,402 --> 01:00:02,835
Nobody's gonna ever hire me
if I don't clear my name.
974
01:00:02,837 --> 01:00:05,070
- Well, then let the attorneys handle this.
- My attorneys... What...
975
01:00:05,072 --> 01:00:09,742
What attorneys, Ma? Who? The CIP?
I ain't heard from them in weeks.
976
01:00:09,744 --> 01:00:12,911
Besides, Kennisha already said she
ain't going nowhere near a lawyer.
977
01:00:12,913 --> 01:00:16,049
The only person she agreed
to talk to is Corey's friend.
978
01:00:16,051 --> 01:00:18,018
You remember Corey
from the gym.
979
01:00:18,020 --> 01:00:20,020
So, look, he's got a friend.
980
01:00:20,022 --> 01:00:21,221
Been selling insurance
for a little bit,
981
01:00:21,223 --> 01:00:22,755
but he's starting up
his own PI firm.
982
01:00:22,757 --> 01:00:24,924
So we all got together,
we got a plan.
983
01:00:24,926 --> 01:00:26,226
Trust me. We got a plan.
984
01:00:26,228 --> 01:00:28,027
An insurance agent, Brian?
985
01:00:28,029 --> 01:00:29,195
Mom, Mom.
986
01:00:29,197 --> 01:00:31,264
Sometimes things come your way
987
01:00:31,266 --> 01:00:32,998
and you have to act on them
right then and there
988
01:00:33,000 --> 01:00:34,336
or else you won't have
another chance.
989
01:00:37,038 --> 01:00:38,340
This is my chance.
990
01:00:39,775 --> 01:00:40,843
Okay?
991
01:00:45,781 --> 01:00:46,782
[sighs]
992
01:00:57,759 --> 01:00:58,828
[Arthur] Brian.
993
01:01:04,833 --> 01:01:06,068
[elevator dings]
994
01:01:09,705 --> 01:01:10,538
[Kennisha] Hey.
995
01:01:12,107 --> 01:01:14,840
I wasn't sure
if this was the right place.
996
01:01:14,842 --> 01:01:15,978
You found it. [chuckles]
997
01:01:16,478 --> 01:01:18,311
I was nervous about coming.
998
01:01:18,313 --> 01:01:20,416
Yeah, shit, I've been
kind of nervous myself.
999
01:01:21,382 --> 01:01:23,315
Did I tell you
I got three little ones now?
1000
01:01:23,317 --> 01:01:24,918
Oh, you got three kids?
1001
01:01:24,920 --> 01:01:27,487
Yeah. But it's some drama
going on with all that.
1002
01:01:27,489 --> 01:01:29,956
So that's why I told you I don't
want to talk to no lawyers.
1003
01:01:29,958 --> 01:01:33,293
Oh, no, this guy's not...
He's not a lawyer.
1004
01:01:33,295 --> 01:01:35,697
He's more like an adviser.
So...
1005
01:01:39,067 --> 01:01:40,835
- So, Ms. Reed...
- Rice.
1006
01:01:41,969 --> 01:01:44,170
Oh, I'm sorry. Ms. Rice,
1007
01:01:44,172 --> 01:01:48,241
I understand from Brian there are some
things that you guys wanted to discuss?
1008
01:01:48,243 --> 01:01:50,110
Yeah. Uh...
1009
01:01:50,112 --> 01:01:53,849
Well, we wanted to talk to you
about what happened in 2002.
1010
01:01:54,782 --> 01:01:59,119
Okay. Uh, Ms. Rice,
is that what you want to do?
1011
01:01:59,121 --> 01:02:03,389
I guess so. I mean,
Brian ain't playing in the NFL right now,
1012
01:02:03,391 --> 01:02:04,860
I guess that's 'cause of me.
1013
01:02:05,360 --> 01:02:06,992
So, you want to help him.
1014
01:02:06,994 --> 01:02:10,829
Well, I can't do nothing where I gotta, like,
pay back none of the money or anything.
1015
01:02:10,831 --> 01:02:13,132
I mean,
that would take a long time.
1016
01:02:13,134 --> 01:02:14,867
[Arthur]
Okay, and I understand.
1017
01:02:14,869 --> 01:02:17,137
Look, this is just
for my own education
1018
01:02:17,139 --> 01:02:19,773
so that I can... offer advice.
1019
01:02:19,775 --> 01:02:21,141
Now,
1020
01:02:21,143 --> 01:02:24,511
take me back
to the incident in 2002
1021
01:02:24,513 --> 01:02:26,482
and just tell me how you see it.
1022
01:02:27,382 --> 01:02:29,215
[Kennisha] Um...
1023
01:02:29,217 --> 01:02:31,851
Well, I guess
the way I look at it is,
1024
01:02:31,853 --> 01:02:34,154
we was just being young.
[chuckles]
1025
01:02:34,156 --> 01:02:35,855
Curious about things.
1026
01:02:35,857 --> 01:02:41,027
Okay, so you're saying
that he never raped you?
1027
01:02:41,029 --> 01:02:42,494
I don't like using that word.
1028
01:02:42,496 --> 01:02:44,931
Well, then tell me
what happened.
1029
01:02:44,933 --> 01:02:49,034
Well, after we was down there and he
went out the door and I went my way,
1030
01:02:49,036 --> 01:02:50,969
there was this security guard.
1031
01:02:50,971 --> 01:02:52,040
Hey!
1032
01:02:52,574 --> 01:02:55,541
You know I saw you
with that boy.
1033
01:02:55,543 --> 01:02:57,811
Y'all went in the 700
building, didn't you?
1034
01:02:57,813 --> 01:03:00,079
I know what you kids
do in there.
1035
01:03:00,081 --> 01:03:01,447
Yeah, well, it wasn't my idea.
1036
01:03:01,449 --> 01:03:02,982
- Whose was it?
- His.
1037
01:03:02,984 --> 01:03:06,152
Oh! So, you're saying
he made you go in there?
1038
01:03:06,154 --> 01:03:07,389
Made you do stuff?
1039
01:03:08,956 --> 01:03:11,391
So, if that's true,
you're saying he raped you.
1040
01:03:11,393 --> 01:03:12,862
Is that what you're saying?
1041
01:03:14,029 --> 01:03:16,295
So, I wasn't the first person
to use that word.
1042
01:03:16,297 --> 01:03:18,197
Uh, so the security guard
said it first?
1043
01:03:18,199 --> 01:03:21,067
And then you wrote it down on a piece
of paper and gave it to your friend?
1044
01:03:21,069 --> 01:03:22,235
Mm-hmm.
1045
01:03:22,237 --> 01:03:25,471
Okay. Did you tell
any of these people
1046
01:03:25,473 --> 01:03:27,873
that you and Brian were just
kissing and heavy petting
1047
01:03:27,875 --> 01:03:29,976
and that you didn't
actually have sex?
1048
01:03:29,978 --> 01:03:32,545
[scoffs] Nobody was listening
to anything I had to say.
1049
01:03:32,547 --> 01:03:36,949
I mean, my attorney was like, "Just don't
say nothing. Like, don't talk at all.
1050
01:03:36,951 --> 01:03:38,486
Just let them do
what they're gonna do."
1051
01:03:39,087 --> 01:03:40,956
Okay, so, to be clear...
1052
01:03:42,056 --> 01:03:43,993
Brian never raped you?
1053
01:03:48,330 --> 01:03:49,965
No, he did not rape me.
1054
01:03:54,902 --> 01:03:56,237
Did he kidnap you?
1055
01:03:57,239 --> 01:03:58,507
Never.
1056
01:04:03,978 --> 01:04:04,980
Alissa.
1057
01:04:08,650 --> 01:04:12,317
[Arthur] To be clear,
Brian never raped you?
1058
01:04:12,319 --> 01:04:13,988
No, he did not rape me.
1059
01:04:15,489 --> 01:04:16,926
[Arthur] Did he kidnap you?
1060
01:04:17,292 --> 01:04:18,560
[Kennisha] Never.
1061
01:04:25,366 --> 01:04:26,532
Amazing.
1062
01:04:26,534 --> 01:04:29,003
A full recantation on tape.
1063
01:04:29,404 --> 01:04:30,873
[gasps]
1064
01:04:32,139 --> 01:04:35,944
So, and she knew, right?
This guy told her she was being taped?
1065
01:04:36,677 --> 01:04:38,311
Uh, no.
1066
01:04:38,313 --> 01:04:41,346
No. No, but...
he did have a sign on the wall
1067
01:04:41,348 --> 01:04:43,017
that said
the room was being monitored.
1068
01:04:47,087 --> 01:04:48,389
A sign on the wall,
1069
01:04:49,223 --> 01:04:50,426
that's it?
1070
01:04:51,927 --> 01:04:53,162
[stammers] Justin.
1071
01:04:54,328 --> 01:04:56,529
This is what you said I needed.
Something extraordinary.
1072
01:04:56,531 --> 01:05:00,699
This is what I brought you. Kennisha
telling the truth. She's telling the truth.
1073
01:05:00,701 --> 01:05:03,001
[Alissa] It's amazing, Brian.
1074
01:05:03,003 --> 01:05:04,406
It really is. I've...
1075
01:05:05,306 --> 01:05:07,042
I've never seen
anything like it.
1076
01:05:08,009 --> 01:05:09,043
But it's also...
1077
01:05:09,444 --> 01:05:10,646
It's inadmissible.
1078
01:05:13,214 --> 01:05:14,583
- You can't use it.
- [sighs]
1079
01:05:15,583 --> 01:05:18,150
You can't record somebody
in the State of California
1080
01:05:18,152 --> 01:05:19,621
without their explicit consent.
1081
01:05:20,455 --> 01:05:22,587
Come on.
We got her sitting there
1082
01:05:22,589 --> 01:05:24,389
right on tape,
telling the truth.
1083
01:05:24,391 --> 01:05:26,224
You're telling me
I can't show anybody?
1084
01:05:26,226 --> 01:05:27,492
What do you think
the chances are
1085
01:05:27,494 --> 01:05:29,661
of getting her to say it again
on the record?
1086
01:05:29,663 --> 01:05:32,065
No chance!
PI already scared her off
1087
01:05:32,067 --> 01:05:34,166
by trying to get her
to sign something at the end.
1088
01:05:34,168 --> 01:05:36,536
Once she knows she perjured
herself and could lose the money,
1089
01:05:36,538 --> 01:05:38,670
she's gonna recant
her recantation.
1090
01:05:38,672 --> 01:05:39,438
Yeah.
1091
01:05:39,440 --> 01:05:42,608
Brian, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I...
1092
01:05:42,610 --> 01:05:45,478
I wish you'd have called us
before you reached out.
1093
01:05:45,480 --> 01:05:47,045
You wish
I would have called you?
1094
01:05:47,047 --> 01:05:49,114
You wish
I would have called you?
1095
01:05:49,116 --> 01:05:51,116
You know why
I didn't call you, Justin?
1096
01:05:51,118 --> 01:05:53,386
Because every time I throw you a
pass, you bat it down,
1097
01:05:53,388 --> 01:05:55,387
- just like you're doing now.
- That's not what we're doing.
1098
01:05:55,389 --> 01:05:58,623
Coming at me with all these...
these legal excuses about the system.
1099
01:05:58,625 --> 01:06:01,494
About how the truth doesn't matter.
The truth matters!
1100
01:06:01,496 --> 01:06:03,132
I know it matters.
1101
01:06:03,998 --> 01:06:05,098
I know that.
1102
01:06:05,100 --> 01:06:07,036
Okay? And that tape is...
1103
01:06:07,368 --> 01:06:08,601
extraordinary.
1104
01:06:08,603 --> 01:06:10,168
I agree. But...
1105
01:06:10,170 --> 01:06:13,007
- I can't do anything legally...
- Okay, okay. Stop.
1106
01:06:13,641 --> 01:06:15,241
Okay? You know what, man?
1107
01:06:15,243 --> 01:06:17,478
- You know, forget the tape. Okay?
- [remote clatters]
1108
01:06:18,413 --> 01:06:19,615
[exhales]
1109
01:06:20,681 --> 01:06:22,517
You want extraordinary?
1110
01:06:23,784 --> 01:06:27,489
I'll tell you what's
extraordinary about this case.
1111
01:06:28,389 --> 01:06:29,625
I am.
1112
01:06:31,525 --> 01:06:34,529
It's extraordinary
that I'm still here.
1113
01:06:36,230 --> 01:06:37,732
That I'm still standing.
1114
01:06:39,400 --> 01:06:40,703
You ever been in prison?
1115
01:06:41,668 --> 01:06:43,636
I'm not talking about
to visit one of your clients.
1116
01:06:43,638 --> 01:06:45,007
You ever been locked up?
1117
01:06:46,475 --> 01:06:51,411
I spent my 17th birthday and the 60
days after that in solitary confinement.
1118
01:06:51,413 --> 01:06:53,148
It nearly killed me.
1119
01:06:55,150 --> 01:06:58,683
And the only reason it didn't is
because something happened to me.
1120
01:06:58,685 --> 01:07:03,524
Something extraordinary.
Someone extraordinary.
1121
01:07:09,264 --> 01:07:10,432
[sighs]
1122
01:07:12,500 --> 01:07:13,702
I've done...
1123
01:07:14,402 --> 01:07:17,139
everything I can on my own...
1124
01:07:18,272 --> 01:07:19,838
to get myself free.
1125
01:07:19,840 --> 01:07:22,608
There's only one other person who
can get me the rest of the way,
1126
01:07:22,610 --> 01:07:24,210
and that's you.
1127
01:07:24,212 --> 01:07:25,714
So, I'm begging you.
1128
01:07:27,248 --> 01:07:29,248
Forget all the rules.
1129
01:07:29,250 --> 01:07:34,087
Forget all the reasons. Forget all
the roadblocks they put in our way.
1130
01:07:34,089 --> 01:07:37,259
I know the system doesn't care
about me, Justin. I know.
1131
01:07:38,460 --> 01:07:40,128
But I know you do.
1132
01:07:44,299 --> 01:07:45,667
Help set me free.
1133
01:07:50,404 --> 01:07:51,607
[exhales]
1134
01:07:55,210 --> 01:07:56,244
Okay.
1135
01:08:01,215 --> 01:08:02,217
Okay.
1136
01:08:06,788 --> 01:08:08,090
Right.
1137
01:08:11,525 --> 01:08:12,728
[exhales]
1138
01:08:13,895 --> 01:08:14,726
Okay.
1139
01:08:14,728 --> 01:08:17,195
Brian Banks lost
ten years of his life.
1140
01:08:17,197 --> 01:08:19,232
We have ten months
to clear his name. Why?
1141
01:08:19,234 --> 01:08:21,634
Because the habeas petition
will only be considered
1142
01:08:21,636 --> 01:08:23,502
while you're still
under state supervision.
1143
01:08:23,504 --> 01:08:26,506
That's right. If we can't get this
thing overturned within ten months
1144
01:08:26,508 --> 01:08:28,407
before his parole runs out,
1145
01:08:28,409 --> 01:08:29,908
he's guilty
the rest of his life.
1146
01:08:29,910 --> 01:08:32,811
99% of all habeas petitions
get rejected,
1147
01:08:32,813 --> 01:08:35,614
so just getting the DA to pay
attention to this is gonna be tough.
1148
01:08:35,616 --> 01:08:36,716
Hey, Barbara.
1149
01:08:36,718 --> 01:08:38,583
Justin Brooks again.
1150
01:08:38,585 --> 01:08:40,286
Hey, is Rafael in?
1151
01:08:40,288 --> 01:08:42,154
He'll have to get back
to you, Mr. Brooks.
1152
01:08:42,156 --> 01:08:44,390
All right.
As soon as he can, please.
1153
01:08:44,392 --> 01:08:46,225
Thank you.
1154
01:08:46,227 --> 01:08:48,226
So while I'm trying to force him
to pay attention,
1155
01:08:48,228 --> 01:08:50,729
Alissa will put together
a new petition,
1156
01:08:50,731 --> 01:08:53,533
while, Marilyn, you try to
track down Kennisha Rice
1157
01:08:53,535 --> 01:08:55,268
and get her on the record
this time.
1158
01:08:55,270 --> 01:08:57,269
Now, just remember,
and this is critical,
1159
01:08:57,271 --> 01:09:00,405
if the court doesn't schedule us
ASAP, Brian's gonna run out of time.
1160
01:09:00,407 --> 01:09:02,274
Brian's the same age
as some of you.
1161
01:09:02,276 --> 01:09:04,577
He should have gone
to college by now.
1162
01:09:04,579 --> 01:09:05,877
He should be playing in the NFL.
1163
01:09:05,879 --> 01:09:07,579
- [knocking]
- Hey, we found Mateo.
1164
01:09:07,581 --> 01:09:09,649
He's on the Loller case,
LA Superior.
1165
01:09:09,651 --> 01:09:13,222
[Justin] And the reason he isn't
is not just because a girl lied,
1166
01:09:14,521 --> 01:09:18,226
it's because the system didn't care
about the truth in the first place.
1167
01:09:19,826 --> 01:09:22,364
Well, in the words of somebody
I greatly admire,
1168
01:09:22,931 --> 01:09:25,167
- "Fuck the system."
- [cheering]
1169
01:09:27,936 --> 01:09:30,304
- It was a good day.
- [sighs] Yeah.
1170
01:09:32,440 --> 01:09:36,442
Well, if it isn't
our elusive district attorney.
1171
01:09:36,444 --> 01:09:38,911
- Mr. Brooks.
- How you doing, Rafael? I've been looking for you.
1172
01:09:38,913 --> 01:09:40,845
Aren't we seeing each other
for Leftowich in three weeks?
1173
01:09:40,847 --> 01:09:43,882
This can't wait three weeks.
I'm representing Brian Banks.
1174
01:09:43,884 --> 01:09:45,518
Falsely accused of rape.
1175
01:09:45,520 --> 01:09:47,953
The girl's recanted her story.
We got it all on tape.
1176
01:09:47,955 --> 01:09:49,721
Let me guess. You want me
to take a look at it.
1177
01:09:49,723 --> 01:09:53,326
I want you to meet Brian Banks.
He's an amazing kid.
1178
01:09:53,328 --> 01:09:56,729
Could have played pro ball. I'm telling
you, Rafael, this is gonna blow up.
1179
01:09:56,731 --> 01:09:58,296
Media's gonna be all over it.
1180
01:09:58,298 --> 01:10:00,399
Chance for you to jump in
and control the spin.
1181
01:10:00,401 --> 01:10:03,205
You are the master spinner,
aren't you, Mr. Brooks?
1182
01:10:03,670 --> 01:10:05,240
Well, I'm a lawyer, so...
1183
01:10:05,740 --> 01:10:07,776
it's redundant. [chuckles]
1184
01:10:09,310 --> 01:10:10,344
Come on, Rafael.
1185
01:10:10,712 --> 01:10:11,946
Kid's different.
1186
01:10:14,615 --> 01:10:16,015
Have your client here
in 90 minutes.
1187
01:10:16,017 --> 01:10:18,620
Otherwise, he waits in line
like everyone else.
1188
01:10:21,289 --> 01:10:22,758
[ringing]
1189
01:10:24,424 --> 01:10:25,491
Hey, Justin.
1190
01:10:25,493 --> 01:10:27,228
You got a jacket and a tie?
1191
01:10:28,730 --> 01:10:30,363
I look okay?
1192
01:10:30,365 --> 01:10:32,765
Ain't nothing okay
about the way you look.
1193
01:10:32,767 --> 01:10:34,636
- [keys jingle]
- Now, go.
1194
01:10:37,771 --> 01:10:40,942
Please do not tell me
this is another bad decision.
1195
01:10:41,875 --> 01:10:43,876
I'm gonna start calling you
Bad Decision Banks.
1196
01:10:43,878 --> 01:10:46,645
- But... I-I have a job interview, sir.
- Oh, yeah?
1197
01:10:46,647 --> 01:10:49,584
Like the one in San Diego when
you were meeting with that lawyer?
1198
01:10:50,485 --> 01:10:53,519
I got my sources.
Give me the keys, Banks.
1199
01:10:53,521 --> 01:10:57,259
- Sir, I-I really have...
- Give me the goddamn keys, Banks.
1200
01:10:58,392 --> 01:10:59,694
[sighs]
1201
01:11:02,062 --> 01:11:03,828
- [phone beeps]
- [line rings]
1202
01:11:03,830 --> 01:11:05,366
Yeah, I got him.
1203
01:11:06,500 --> 01:11:07,766
Where's your guy?
1204
01:11:07,768 --> 01:11:10,271
Hey! Hey, he's coming.
He's just...
1205
01:11:11,306 --> 01:11:12,907
Let me get you
a cup of coffee.
1206
01:11:13,941 --> 01:11:15,944
Nice try, Mr. Brooks.
Time's up.
1207
01:11:16,944 --> 01:11:19,914
Nobody from the DA's office
ever visited the crime scene.
1208
01:11:21,081 --> 01:11:25,751
I did. I saw where this girl claimed
she was dragged down a hallway
1209
01:11:25,753 --> 01:11:28,586
lined with open classrooms
full of students,
1210
01:11:28,588 --> 01:11:29,755
and forcibly raped.
1211
01:11:29,757 --> 01:11:31,927
Nobody saw it.
Nobody heard it.
1212
01:11:33,428 --> 01:11:34,463
Hey,
1213
01:11:35,096 --> 01:11:36,761
you think the brass
is gonna wonder
1214
01:11:36,763 --> 01:11:39,400
why you and your investigators
never checked this place out?
1215
01:11:41,768 --> 01:11:44,436
[Brian] Sir, this is my mom's car.
My mom.
1216
01:11:44,438 --> 01:11:46,471
There aren't any drugs
in there, I swear.
1217
01:11:46,473 --> 01:11:48,707
Good. So, you have nothing
to worry about.
1218
01:11:48,709 --> 01:11:50,576
Now, why you going to LA?
1219
01:11:50,578 --> 01:11:52,580
You know you can't take a job
outside the district.
1220
01:11:53,681 --> 01:11:56,384
The job's local.
Corporate headquarters are in LA.
1221
01:11:58,419 --> 01:11:59,521
Car's clean.
1222
01:12:00,420 --> 01:12:01,787
[trunk shuts]
1223
01:12:01,789 --> 01:12:03,492
You better not be
lying to me, Banks.
1224
01:12:04,792 --> 01:12:07,025
Straight there, straight back.
1225
01:12:07,027 --> 01:12:09,729
'Cause if you so much as
pull over to piss,
1226
01:12:09,731 --> 01:12:11,532
you'll be back behind bars.
1227
01:12:12,866 --> 01:12:14,802
[phone rings]
1228
01:12:16,603 --> 01:12:18,002
[Justin] Where are you?
1229
01:12:18,004 --> 01:12:20,605
Yeah, no... I'm on my way.
My PO was busting my ass.
1230
01:12:20,607 --> 01:12:22,410
I'm... I'll be there.
1231
01:12:32,620 --> 01:12:33,889
[door opens]
1232
01:12:34,554 --> 01:12:35,624
Hey!
1233
01:12:35,923 --> 01:12:37,422
Sorry, man.
1234
01:12:37,424 --> 01:12:40,458
Save it for the DA.
Mateo's in a mood.
1235
01:12:40,460 --> 01:12:41,562
All right.
1236
01:12:47,502 --> 01:12:50,038
Mr. Brooks says you filed
the habeas petition yourself.
1237
01:12:50,538 --> 01:12:51,936
Yes, sir.
1238
01:12:51,938 --> 01:12:54,476
Read the California Appeals Code
while I was in prison.
1239
01:12:56,511 --> 01:12:59,010
Why do you think she lied,
Mr. Banks?
1240
01:12:59,012 --> 01:13:03,117
She was a 15-year-old girl with her whole
life ahead of her. Why would she lie?
1241
01:13:03,950 --> 01:13:06,053
I've asked myself that
a thousand times.
1242
01:13:06,920 --> 01:13:08,824
Maybe it was the money.
1243
01:13:09,656 --> 01:13:11,360
Maybe I hurt her feelings.
1244
01:13:11,859 --> 01:13:13,626
But with all due respect, sir,
1245
01:13:13,628 --> 01:13:17,598
I don't know why it's my
responsibility to explain why she lied.
1246
01:13:17,999 --> 01:13:20,099
The fact is, she did.
1247
01:13:20,101 --> 01:13:23,571
Her testimony changed
every time. Mine never did.
1248
01:13:24,571 --> 01:13:28,476
Mr. Mateo, I don't wish
any ill will towards Kennisha.
1249
01:13:29,209 --> 01:13:31,609
I just want a chance
to turn all this negativity
1250
01:13:31,611 --> 01:13:33,547
into something positive.
1251
01:13:37,651 --> 01:13:39,585
- Has she gone on the record?
- [Justin] No.
1252
01:13:39,587 --> 01:13:41,953
We're kind of having a hard time
tracking her down.
1253
01:13:41,955 --> 01:13:43,424
I need to speak with her.
1254
01:13:44,558 --> 01:13:46,458
I won't recommend
reversing any conviction
1255
01:13:46,460 --> 01:13:48,496
until I interview
the victim myself.
1256
01:13:52,098 --> 01:13:53,466
Tell me we're getting close.
1257
01:13:53,468 --> 01:13:55,234
Absolutely.
You did great in there.
1258
01:13:55,236 --> 01:13:57,202
You just got to get her
to show up.
1259
01:13:57,204 --> 01:13:59,704
- What does that mean?
- It's not gonna be easy.
1260
01:13:59,706 --> 01:14:01,040
If the state finds out
she lied,
1261
01:14:01,042 --> 01:14:02,475
she could lose
the whole settlement.
1262
01:14:02,477 --> 01:14:04,577
- The 1.5.
- But Kennisha doesn't know that.
1263
01:14:04,579 --> 01:14:06,545
There ain't no way
she told her mom she flipped.
1264
01:14:06,547 --> 01:14:09,814
I know, but I've seen
this sort of thing before.
1265
01:14:09,816 --> 01:14:11,116
Witnesses,
1266
01:14:11,118 --> 01:14:13,187
- they stay hidden unless...
- Unless?
1267
01:14:13,954 --> 01:14:16,721
No. No, no, no,
Brian, you can't.
1268
01:14:16,723 --> 01:14:18,025
I can't... I can't what?
1269
01:14:19,526 --> 01:14:23,464
I've gone to reporters before to help
me find a witness or get them to talk.
1270
01:14:23,964 --> 01:14:25,534
Sometimes, when you go public,
1271
01:14:26,167 --> 01:14:27,666
people want to
defend themselves.
1272
01:14:27,668 --> 01:14:30,135
- Then that's what we do.
- Listen to me, Brian.
1273
01:14:30,137 --> 01:14:34,676
Your PO finds out that you contacted
Kennisha, you could go right back to jail.
1274
01:14:36,677 --> 01:14:37,746
I told you.
1275
01:14:38,145 --> 01:14:39,681
I'm already in jail.
1276
01:14:41,648 --> 01:14:43,884
[line ringing]
1277
01:14:47,888 --> 01:14:49,087
This is Mike.
1278
01:14:49,089 --> 01:14:51,924
Hey, Mr. Paley,
uh, this is Brian Banks.
1279
01:14:51,926 --> 01:14:53,826
26-year-old Brian Banks,
1280
01:14:53,828 --> 01:14:56,028
who once had dreams of the NFL,
1281
01:14:56,030 --> 01:14:58,264
is now fighting
to clear his name.
1282
01:14:58,266 --> 01:15:01,199
His football dreams ended
at the age of 16
1283
01:15:01,201 --> 01:15:05,139
when he was accused of a crime
he claims he didn't commit.
1284
01:15:05,772 --> 01:15:06,872
[Arthur] To be clear,
1285
01:15:06,874 --> 01:15:08,640
Brian never raped you?
1286
01:15:08,642 --> 01:15:10,576
[Kennisha]
No, he did not rape me.
1287
01:15:10,578 --> 01:15:12,179
[indistinct chatter]
1288
01:15:13,013 --> 01:15:14,779
- Brian! Brian!
- [indistinct shouting]
1289
01:15:14,781 --> 01:15:18,082
Brian! Brian! Is the district
attorney reopening the case?
1290
01:15:18,084 --> 01:15:19,618
Brian,
any more word from Kennisha?
1291
01:15:19,620 --> 01:15:21,153
Do you think you'll get
another shot at the NFL?
1292
01:15:21,155 --> 01:15:23,788
Hey, first I gotta
get my day in court.
1293
01:15:23,790 --> 01:15:24,924
- [phone rings]
- All right?
1294
01:15:24,926 --> 01:15:26,794
[indistinct shouting]
1295
01:15:27,628 --> 01:15:29,193
- Yeah.
- [Justin] It worked, Brian.
1296
01:15:29,195 --> 01:15:30,628
The mother surfaced.
1297
01:15:30,630 --> 01:15:31,963
She called
the district attorney's office.
1298
01:15:31,965 --> 01:15:33,832
- Had a whole shit-fit.
- Okay.
1299
01:15:33,834 --> 01:15:37,670
So, Mateo issued a subpoena.
He threatened to call the school district,
1300
01:15:37,672 --> 01:15:40,706
turn over all the evidence
unless they show.
1301
01:15:40,708 --> 01:15:42,675
So, now we're close, Brian.
1302
01:15:42,677 --> 01:15:43,809
We're really close.
1303
01:15:43,811 --> 01:15:46,181
Okay, thanks, Justin. Yeah.
1304
01:15:48,214 --> 01:15:50,149
- [keys jingle]
- [chuckles]
1305
01:15:50,151 --> 01:15:52,087
[phone rings]
1306
01:15:54,922 --> 01:15:56,090
[exhales]
1307
01:15:57,991 --> 01:15:59,358
Contacting the victim.
1308
01:15:59,360 --> 01:16:01,693
Recording her
without her consent.
1309
01:16:01,695 --> 01:16:03,628
Lying to your PO
about job interviews.
1310
01:16:03,630 --> 01:16:05,096
That's three strikes,
right there.
1311
01:16:05,098 --> 01:16:07,232
Now, look, I know you saw it.
1312
01:16:07,234 --> 01:16:09,234
And you heard her say
I didn't do it
1313
01:16:09,236 --> 01:16:11,069
because I didn't do it.
1314
01:16:11,071 --> 01:16:13,706
Now, if someone put that on you,
you would have done the same thing.
1315
01:16:13,708 --> 01:16:16,140
No, wrong. Don't tell me
what I'd do, Banks.
1316
01:16:16,142 --> 01:16:17,909
You and I ain't the same.
1317
01:16:17,911 --> 01:16:20,211
Do you even know what the
word "credibility" means?
1318
01:16:20,213 --> 01:16:22,747
You have no credibility
when you lie to me
1319
01:16:22,749 --> 01:16:24,685
to prove that someone
lied about you.
1320
01:16:25,218 --> 01:16:26,851
That is in direct violation
1321
01:16:26,853 --> 01:16:28,720
of your parole under the law.
1322
01:16:28,722 --> 01:16:29,990
Do you hear me?
1323
01:16:31,225 --> 01:16:32,593
Do you hear me?
1324
01:16:34,728 --> 01:16:36,063
Yes, sir, I hear you.
1325
01:16:39,032 --> 01:16:42,603
It is my duty
to report your violations.
1326
01:16:43,236 --> 01:16:45,072
And I plan to obey that duty.
1327
01:16:46,874 --> 01:16:48,043
In time.
1328
01:16:50,811 --> 01:16:53,615
Law says I have to report it.
It just doesn't say when.
1329
01:16:54,981 --> 01:16:57,985
I'm gonna give you eight weeks,
till your parole is up.
1330
01:16:59,020 --> 01:17:01,822
If, in that time,
they do not overturn your conviction,
1331
01:17:02,757 --> 01:17:05,226
you won't just be
a registered sex offender.
1332
01:17:06,293 --> 01:17:08,029
You'll be a prisoner again.
1333
01:17:30,250 --> 01:17:32,887
Mr. Brooks,
where is this witness?
1334
01:17:33,920 --> 01:17:36,421
Your Honor, uh,
we respectfully ask the court
1335
01:17:36,423 --> 01:17:38,724
to just indulge us
with a little more time.
1336
01:17:38,726 --> 01:17:40,225
[Judge Monk]
She's half an hour late.
1337
01:17:40,227 --> 01:17:41,859
You think this is
the only hearing on the docket?
1338
01:17:41,861 --> 01:17:44,395
Issue another subpoena
and reschedule the hearing.
1339
01:17:44,397 --> 01:17:46,200
- Adjourned.
- [gavel pounds]
1340
01:17:47,468 --> 01:17:48,803
[sighs]
1341
01:17:50,804 --> 01:17:53,305
Come on, Rafael.
Can't you work with me a little bit?
1342
01:17:53,307 --> 01:17:55,340
I mean, there's no time
for another hearing.
1343
01:17:55,342 --> 01:17:57,710
Brian's parole
is gonna run out.
1344
01:17:57,712 --> 01:18:00,011
Then it's over. He's done.
You know that.
1345
01:18:00,013 --> 01:18:02,881
I need a statement from the
complainant on the record.
1346
01:18:02,883 --> 01:18:06,254
A statement that casts doubt on her
original testimony. Now, you know that.
1347
01:18:09,956 --> 01:18:11,457
Justin, that's her mom.
1348
01:18:11,459 --> 01:18:13,094
That's her.
1349
01:18:15,762 --> 01:18:16,828
Ms. Rice.
1350
01:18:16,830 --> 01:18:18,199
Ms. Rice.
1351
01:18:20,133 --> 01:18:21,966
Now, who the hell are y'all?
1352
01:18:21,968 --> 01:18:25,037
I'm District Attorney Rafael Mateo, ma'am.
You're in the right place.
1353
01:18:25,039 --> 01:18:27,005
- Are you Kennisha?
- Yeah, that's her.
1354
01:18:27,007 --> 01:18:30,408
Look, the only reason why we came down
here is to clear up all this bullshit.
1355
01:18:30,410 --> 01:18:32,510
We want to clear this up too,
ma'am.
1356
01:18:32,512 --> 01:18:35,180
So, maybe we can all sit down
and have a talk.
1357
01:18:35,182 --> 01:18:36,818
[baby fussing]
1358
01:18:39,386 --> 01:18:41,052
[Mateo] So, Kennisha,
this won't take long.
1359
01:18:41,054 --> 01:18:42,954
- We have some questions.
- [mom] This all you need to know.
1360
01:18:42,956 --> 01:18:46,125
That boy out there,
he raped my daughter.
1361
01:18:46,127 --> 01:18:47,458
End of story.
1362
01:18:47,460 --> 01:18:49,528
All that other shit on TV
he forced her to say.
1363
01:18:49,530 --> 01:18:52,264
- He offered her $10,000.
- [baby fussing]
1364
01:18:52,266 --> 01:18:55,434
Kennisha, you told our investigator
that Brian offered you $20,000.
1365
01:18:55,436 --> 01:18:57,368
Mama, can you take him
out of here, please?
1366
01:18:57,370 --> 01:18:59,773
Just say what you said
the first time in court.
1367
01:19:00,039 --> 01:19:01,105
Come on.
1368
01:19:01,107 --> 01:19:02,744
[baby babbles]
1369
01:19:04,879 --> 01:19:06,247
[door opens]
1370
01:19:19,893 --> 01:19:22,027
I'm not gonna answer none
of y'all's stupid questions.
1371
01:19:22,029 --> 01:19:25,165
- Ms. Rice, I just need...
- I said I'm not answering them!
1372
01:19:27,267 --> 01:19:30,502
What if I make my best effort
to not ask any stupid questions?
1373
01:19:30,504 --> 01:19:33,005
They're all stupid,
if you ask me.
1374
01:19:33,007 --> 01:19:36,475
Well, my name is Justin Brooks and I
run the California Innocence Project.
1375
01:19:36,477 --> 01:19:39,577
We get thousands of requests
every year
1376
01:19:39,579 --> 01:19:41,246
for people to represent them.
1377
01:19:41,248 --> 01:19:43,817
And Kennisha,
if Brian Banks raped you,
1378
01:19:44,384 --> 01:19:46,051
I don't want
to represent him.
1379
01:19:46,053 --> 01:19:47,952
- He did rape me.
- Okay. Okay.
1380
01:19:47,954 --> 01:19:50,021
Well, if you can just
get me to accept that
1381
01:19:50,023 --> 01:19:53,926
and clear up a few of these
inconsistencies, we can all move on here.
1382
01:19:53,928 --> 01:19:54,693
Okay?
1383
01:19:54,695 --> 01:19:56,327
I just want
to talk to you briefly
1384
01:19:56,329 --> 01:19:59,832
about the incident
in July of 2002.
1385
01:19:59,834 --> 01:20:00,766
[sighs]
1386
01:20:00,768 --> 01:20:02,935
When you went into
that stairwell with Brian,
1387
01:20:02,937 --> 01:20:04,939
what did you think
was gonna happen?
1388
01:20:05,873 --> 01:20:08,873
I don't know.
I was young at the time.
1389
01:20:08,875 --> 01:20:09,944
Right.
1390
01:20:10,410 --> 01:20:12,077
At the top of the stairwell,
1391
01:20:12,079 --> 01:20:13,412
there are classrooms.
1392
01:20:13,414 --> 01:20:15,546
- School was in session.
- Mm-hmm.
1393
01:20:15,548 --> 01:20:19,217
So, why didn't you just
shout out to anybody?
1394
01:20:19,219 --> 01:20:21,356
'Cause I didn't know
he was gonna do it.
1395
01:20:22,088 --> 01:20:23,588
When we first went down there,
1396
01:20:23,590 --> 01:20:26,995
I thought he was just gonna touch.
You know, touchy-feely.
1397
01:20:30,030 --> 01:20:31,529
So, Ms. Rice,
1398
01:20:31,531 --> 01:20:33,967
are you saying that you initially
went down there willingly?
1399
01:20:35,236 --> 01:20:36,404
No. [sighs]
1400
01:20:37,103 --> 01:20:38,403
You putting words in my mouth.
1401
01:20:38,405 --> 01:20:39,938
You just said,
"When we first went down there,
1402
01:20:39,940 --> 01:20:41,372
I thought it was gonna be
touchy-feely."
1403
01:20:41,374 --> 01:20:42,975
You didn't say that
he forced or dragged you.
1404
01:20:42,977 --> 01:20:45,547
There you go again
with them stupid questions.
1405
01:20:46,146 --> 01:20:47,912
Brian know he did it.
1406
01:20:47,914 --> 01:20:50,482
If he was so innocent,
he would have took it to trial and won.
1407
01:20:50,484 --> 01:20:55,119
Kennisha, don't you think
anybody's ever been coerced
1408
01:20:55,121 --> 01:20:56,990
into taking a plea before?
1409
01:20:57,624 --> 01:21:00,127
I mean, maybe Brian
just felt trapped.
1410
01:21:00,895 --> 01:21:03,327
But listen,
we all make mistakes,
1411
01:21:03,329 --> 01:21:05,132
especially when we're young.
We...
1412
01:21:05,566 --> 01:21:07,836
We say things we regret.
1413
01:21:09,904 --> 01:21:11,203
Isn't it possible
1414
01:21:11,205 --> 01:21:14,508
that maybe you said some things
back then that you didn't mean?
1415
01:21:16,310 --> 01:21:19,580
Kennisha, did Brian ever coerce
you or pay you to talk to him?
1416
01:21:21,315 --> 01:21:22,984
He ain't got no money.
1417
01:21:24,084 --> 01:21:25,516
Right.
1418
01:21:25,518 --> 01:21:28,420
So you reached out to him
on your Facebook page yourself
1419
01:21:28,422 --> 01:21:29,857
to help him, right?
1420
01:21:31,057 --> 01:21:32,491
That was nice.
1421
01:21:32,493 --> 01:21:34,359
Because you know you didn't
1422
01:21:34,361 --> 01:21:36,331
have sex with him
in that stairwell.
1423
01:21:38,699 --> 01:21:39,797
You know that.
1424
01:21:39,799 --> 01:21:42,337
You guys went down there
to make out. And then Brian...
1425
01:21:43,536 --> 01:21:46,540
you know, he may have embarrassed
you a little bit that day, right?
1426
01:21:47,708 --> 01:21:50,044
Maybe because he didn't want
to go through with it.
1427
01:21:52,445 --> 01:21:54,448
I understand,
and you liked him.
1428
01:21:57,051 --> 01:21:58,319
You liked him a lot.
1429
01:22:00,154 --> 01:22:01,188
It's okay.
1430
01:22:02,522 --> 01:22:04,622
[mom] Yeah, y'all started it,
but we gonna finish it.
1431
01:22:04,624 --> 01:22:06,425
- You...
- [creaking]
1432
01:22:06,427 --> 01:22:09,293
Kennisha, what you said on the
tape the other day, if it's true,
1433
01:22:09,295 --> 01:22:10,729
Brian can get his life back.
1434
01:22:10,731 --> 01:22:13,332
- You can help him get a job.
- [door rattles]
1435
01:22:13,334 --> 01:22:15,734
- He can move on with his life.
- What the hell is taking so long in here?
1436
01:22:15,736 --> 01:22:18,537
- [door shuts]
- Oh, did you tell them the truth this time?
1437
01:22:18,539 --> 01:22:21,075
Or they got you in here
making up some other story?
1438
01:22:22,609 --> 01:22:24,542
What about my life?
1439
01:22:24,544 --> 01:22:27,144
I go on with my life?
Can I get my virginity back?
1440
01:22:27,146 --> 01:22:28,512
Ms. Rice, I just need...
1441
01:22:28,514 --> 01:22:31,082
I ain't talking to you no more.
You a smartass.
1442
01:22:31,084 --> 01:22:32,751
Just... Let's take a break,
and we'll just
1443
01:22:32,753 --> 01:22:35,052
- come back here in a moment.
- I'm not coming back!
1444
01:22:35,054 --> 01:22:36,287
I'm never coming back.
1445
01:22:36,289 --> 01:22:38,724
I'm done talking to y'all. I'm done.
I'm not talking no more!
1446
01:22:38,726 --> 01:22:41,092
- Ms. Rice, we have to...
- No. You heard her.
1447
01:22:41,094 --> 01:22:43,030
Talking's over. Let's go.
1448
01:22:45,031 --> 01:22:46,364
[door opens]
1449
01:22:46,366 --> 01:22:47,765
She admitted
it was consensual.
1450
01:22:47,767 --> 01:22:49,333
She said
it started consensually...
1451
01:22:49,335 --> 01:22:51,435
Which eliminates
the kidnapping charge.
1452
01:22:51,437 --> 01:22:53,372
You said you needed
something on the record
1453
01:22:53,374 --> 01:22:56,475
that would cast doubt on her original
testimony. Didn't you just get that?
1454
01:22:56,477 --> 01:22:58,109
All I can do is recommend
1455
01:22:58,111 --> 01:22:59,711
that the same judge who put
Brian away overturn this.
1456
01:22:59,713 --> 01:23:01,278
And you know
the chances of that.
1457
01:23:01,280 --> 01:23:03,517
Don't let that stop you.
1458
01:23:06,053 --> 01:23:08,456
Do you have a child,
Mr. Mateo?
1459
01:23:10,790 --> 01:23:12,556
Can you imagine
1460
01:23:12,558 --> 01:23:14,529
what it's like
seeing that child,
1461
01:23:15,228 --> 01:23:17,030
that innocent child,
1462
01:23:17,530 --> 01:23:19,032
taken from you
1463
01:23:19,465 --> 01:23:21,002
and locked away with
1464
01:23:21,668 --> 01:23:24,005
men who have done real crimes
1465
01:23:24,605 --> 01:23:26,607
and can do real harm to him?
1466
01:23:28,542 --> 01:23:31,810
All a mother ever wants
1467
01:23:31,812 --> 01:23:34,148
is to protect her children.
1468
01:23:35,615 --> 01:23:38,585
And I was never ever able
to do that for my boy.
1469
01:23:40,687 --> 01:23:42,190
I'll go to my grave
1470
01:23:42,688 --> 01:23:45,159
feeling the pain of that past.
1471
01:23:46,727 --> 01:23:49,630
But you can do something today,
Mr. Mateo,
1472
01:23:50,463 --> 01:23:52,766
to stop the pain of his future.
1473
01:23:54,067 --> 01:23:55,168
Now, that judge,
1474
01:23:56,536 --> 01:23:58,172
he will listen to you.
1475
01:23:59,306 --> 01:24:00,674
You know he will,
1476
01:24:01,508 --> 01:24:03,211
if you believe in your heart
1477
01:24:04,178 --> 01:24:07,682
that what was done to my son
was wrong.
1478
01:24:15,222 --> 01:24:17,090
[crowd clamoring]
1479
01:24:26,232 --> 01:24:27,467
[bailiff] All rise.
1480
01:24:32,205 --> 01:24:33,206
Be seated.
1481
01:24:34,607 --> 01:24:36,741
Okay, People vs. Banks.
1482
01:24:36,743 --> 01:24:39,877
I have before me a petition
for writ of habeas corpus,
1483
01:24:39,879 --> 01:24:44,518
petition of error coram nobis to
overturn the original judgment.
1484
01:24:44,750 --> 01:24:45,850
So...
1485
01:24:45,852 --> 01:24:48,155
do the petitioners
wish to say anything?
1486
01:24:48,621 --> 01:24:50,223
Yes, thank you, Your Honor.
1487
01:24:54,895 --> 01:24:56,097
Brian Banks
1488
01:24:56,496 --> 01:24:58,630
was 16 years old
1489
01:24:58,632 --> 01:25:01,201
when he was accused of a crime
he did not commit.
1490
01:25:02,503 --> 01:25:05,336
He lost 11 years
of his young life.
1491
01:25:05,338 --> 01:25:06,872
A scholarship.
1492
01:25:06,874 --> 01:25:09,674
He was prevented from playing
football, a game that he loves.
1493
01:25:09,676 --> 01:25:11,312
And I think we have to ask why.
1494
01:25:12,646 --> 01:25:14,378
Was it the system
that failed him?
1495
01:25:14,380 --> 01:25:18,285
Nobody has been more critical
of this system than I have.
1496
01:25:19,620 --> 01:25:21,252
But I've come to realize,
1497
01:25:21,254 --> 01:25:25,125
maybe it's not the system.
Maybe it's us.
1498
01:25:26,493 --> 01:25:27,661
All of us.
1499
01:25:29,295 --> 01:25:30,330
Maybe it's me.
1500
01:25:31,231 --> 01:25:33,198
Yes, we have laws.
1501
01:25:33,200 --> 01:25:35,670
But those laws
can be interpreted.
1502
01:25:36,469 --> 01:25:38,502
There is
just enough flexibility
1503
01:25:38,504 --> 01:25:40,905
to allow for
some amount of choice.
1504
01:25:40,907 --> 01:25:43,675
And with that choice
comes the power to do right.
1505
01:25:43,677 --> 01:25:46,545
To choose justice
over expediency,
1506
01:25:46,547 --> 01:25:49,280
and the truth
over a technicality.
1507
01:25:49,282 --> 01:25:51,352
And the truth is,
Brian Banks is innocent.
1508
01:25:53,486 --> 01:25:54,952
Eleven years, Your Honor.
1509
01:25:54,954 --> 01:25:58,355
Eleven years my client
will never get back.
1510
01:25:58,357 --> 01:26:01,128
Eleven years his family
1511
01:26:02,195 --> 01:26:03,296
has had to suffer.
1512
01:26:04,397 --> 01:26:06,234
Eleven years of dreams deferred.
1513
01:26:09,268 --> 01:26:10,268
And we can fix it.
1514
01:26:10,270 --> 01:26:12,240
We can rectify it all
here today.
1515
01:26:13,574 --> 01:26:14,905
You know, most of the time,
1516
01:26:14,907 --> 01:26:16,774
I'm just trying to get my client
their lives back.
1517
01:26:16,776 --> 01:26:18,842
In Brian Banks' case,
1518
01:26:18,844 --> 01:26:21,249
we have a chance
to give him his dreams back.
1519
01:26:24,651 --> 01:26:26,687
Please don't deny him
that chance.
1520
01:26:28,222 --> 01:26:29,257
Thank you.
1521
01:26:33,727 --> 01:26:34,929
And the People?
1522
01:26:48,407 --> 01:26:50,408
The People will concede the
matter, Your Honor,
1523
01:26:50,410 --> 01:26:54,215
and ask the court to grant
the petition for exoneration.
1524
01:27:40,459 --> 01:27:41,661
All right, then.
1525
01:27:42,795 --> 01:27:44,796
- The petition is granted.
- [gavel pounds]
1526
01:27:44,798 --> 01:27:46,701
[crowd exclaims]
1527
01:27:53,572 --> 01:27:54,808
[sobbing]
1528
01:27:59,379 --> 01:28:00,414
[Justin] Brian.
1529
01:28:09,455 --> 01:28:10,690
[sniffles]
1530
01:28:11,023 --> 01:28:12,259
Thank you.
1531
01:28:12,793 --> 01:28:13,960
Thank you.
1532
01:28:15,094 --> 01:28:16,429
Thank you
1533
01:28:16,862 --> 01:28:18,298
for not giving up,
1534
01:28:19,066 --> 01:28:20,968
for making sure
I didn't either.
1535
01:28:25,705 --> 01:28:27,507
- Well done, Brooks.
- Thank you.
1536
01:28:28,107 --> 01:28:29,976
[crying]
1537
01:28:30,811 --> 01:28:32,077
[laughs]
1538
01:28:32,079 --> 01:28:34,345
- [cheering, applause]
- Brian!
1539
01:28:34,347 --> 01:28:35,850
[crowd exclaiming]
1540
01:28:37,984 --> 01:28:40,021
[cheering, applause]
1541
01:28:41,887 --> 01:28:43,854
- Brian!
- Brian!
1542
01:28:43,856 --> 01:28:45,457
Brian,
tell us how you're feeling.
1543
01:28:45,459 --> 01:28:48,329
- Do you plan to sue?
- Are you angry at the situation?
1544
01:28:48,728 --> 01:28:49,728
No. At some point,
1545
01:28:49,730 --> 01:28:51,464
you gotta let all that go.
1546
01:28:52,031 --> 01:28:53,900
All I ever wanted
was my freedom,
1547
01:28:54,601 --> 01:28:55,833
and we got that here today.
1548
01:28:55,835 --> 01:28:57,370
[cheering]
1549
01:29:04,878 --> 01:29:06,514
[cheering]
1550
01:29:32,705 --> 01:29:34,441
[kids shouting]
1551
01:29:42,648 --> 01:29:43,883
[boy] Two!
1552
01:29:44,517 --> 01:29:46,553
Hut! Hut!
1553
01:29:47,587 --> 01:29:48,789
Hut!
1554
01:29:49,088 --> 01:29:50,390
Hut!
1555
01:29:51,525 --> 01:29:52,927
[indistinct shouting]
1556
01:29:55,462 --> 01:29:56,496
[exhales]
1557
01:29:57,664 --> 01:29:59,934
[phone ringing]
1558
01:30:03,069 --> 01:30:04,068
Hello?
1559
01:30:04,070 --> 01:30:05,869
Hey, I'm looking
for a linebacker.
1560
01:30:05,871 --> 01:30:07,407
Know where I might find any?
1561
01:30:07,840 --> 01:30:09,377
[chuckles]
1562
01:30:09,709 --> 01:30:11,045
Coach Carroll.
1563
01:30:11,544 --> 01:30:13,077
[laughs]
1564
01:30:13,079 --> 01:30:15,046
It was good to see you
on TV the other day.
1565
01:30:15,048 --> 01:30:16,648
How are you, old friend?
1566
01:30:16,650 --> 01:30:19,082
Oh, I'm on top of the world,
Coach. How you doing?
1567
01:30:19,084 --> 01:30:21,085
I'm doing pretty well
up here in Seattle.
1568
01:30:21,087 --> 01:30:25,223
I'm so sorry you had to go to hell and
back, Brian, but wanted to ask you.
1569
01:30:25,225 --> 01:30:28,495
Think you may want to come up
here and try out for the Seahawks?
1570
01:30:31,565 --> 01:30:33,898
Oh, most definitely, Coach.
Most definitely.
1571
01:30:33,900 --> 01:30:36,701
All right. I need you on the
plane first thing Monday morning.
1572
01:30:36,703 --> 01:30:38,839
Yeah. [chuckles] Thanks.
1573
01:30:40,840 --> 01:30:42,109
[thud]
1574
01:30:54,855 --> 01:30:55,953
Y'all trying to play?
1575
01:30:55,955 --> 01:30:57,154
[all] Yeah.
1576
01:30:57,156 --> 01:30:59,122
All right. Line up.
Let's see something.
1577
01:30:59,124 --> 01:31:02,060
- [chorus vocalizing]
- ♪ They tried To bring me down ♪
1578
01:31:02,062 --> 01:31:06,029
- [boy shouting]
- ♪ They tried To count me out ♪
1579
01:31:06,031 --> 01:31:07,765
♪ They filled my head
With doubt ♪
1580
01:31:07,767 --> 01:31:10,534
♪ But it's not
It's not over ♪
1581
01:31:10,536 --> 01:31:12,703
[man rapping] ♪ I cry
freedom Every time I speak ♪
1582
01:31:12,705 --> 01:31:15,739
♪ Move through the dark clouds
To the light I seek ♪
1583
01:31:15,741 --> 01:31:18,243
♪ Straight from the fire
Right into the heat ♪
1584
01:31:18,245 --> 01:31:21,712
♪ I shout so loud
That they yellin' "Preach!" ♪
1585
01:31:21,714 --> 01:31:23,982
♪ So throw everything
You want at me ♪
1586
01:31:23,984 --> 01:31:26,486
♪ Now you think you got me
Where you wanted me ♪
1587
01:31:27,687 --> 01:31:29,252
♪ Yeah ♪
1588
01:31:29,254 --> 01:31:31,689
♪ Through the mud Through
the pain Through the fire ♪
1589
01:31:31,691 --> 01:31:33,891
♪ Lord knows That I'm
impatient But still I pray ♪
1590
01:31:33,893 --> 01:31:38,630
[man] Go! Come on, come on! Let's go!
Come on, Banks! That's it!
1591
01:31:38,632 --> 01:31:39,667
Go, Brian!
1592
01:31:40,799 --> 01:31:42,567
♪ They filled my head
With doubt ♪
1593
01:31:42,569 --> 01:31:45,702
♪ But it's not
It's not over ♪
1594
01:31:45,704 --> 01:31:47,639
[chattering]
1595
01:31:47,641 --> 01:31:49,143
♪ Preach ♪
1596
01:31:49,910 --> 01:31:51,645
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
1597
01:31:52,044 --> 01:31:53,580
♪ Yeah ♪
1598
01:32:03,188 --> 01:32:04,525
Banks.
1599
01:32:05,325 --> 01:32:07,257
Why don't you lead us
out of here?
1600
01:32:07,259 --> 01:32:09,661
Come on, guys!
Let's gather round!
1601
01:32:09,663 --> 01:32:11,699
[players shouting]
1602
01:32:13,933 --> 01:32:15,567
[song continues playing]
1603
01:32:15,569 --> 01:32:18,002
[players chanting]
Banks! Banks! Banks! Banks!
1604
01:32:18,004 --> 01:32:20,337
[crowd cheering, shouting]
1605
01:32:20,339 --> 01:32:22,206
♪ They filled my head
With doubt ♪
1606
01:32:22,208 --> 01:32:25,042
♪ But it's not, it's not ♪
1607
01:32:25,044 --> 01:32:27,681
♪ It's not over ♪
1608
01:32:29,348 --> 01:32:31,150
Brian!
1609
01:32:33,352 --> 01:32:34,954
Brian!
1610
01:32:35,888 --> 01:32:39,092
♪ They tried
To bring me down ♪
1611
01:32:41,160 --> 01:32:42,926
♪ But it's not over ♪
1612
01:32:42,928 --> 01:32:45,965
♪ It's not over ♪
1613
01:32:46,900 --> 01:32:49,770
[singer vocalizing]
1614
01:32:52,371 --> 01:32:55,238
[man rapping] ♪ Come hell Or high
water I just fightin' Like I oughta ♪
1615
01:32:55,240 --> 01:32:57,675
♪ Put my heart In these
recordings Never fallin' ♪
1616
01:32:57,677 --> 01:32:59,676
♪ 'Cause ain't no autumn
In California ♪
1617
01:32:59,678 --> 01:33:01,945
♪ The paranoia that comes
With tryin' to be great ♪
1618
01:33:01,947 --> 01:33:03,982
♪ Sometimes
It's too much to take ♪
1619
01:33:03,984 --> 01:33:06,117
♪ So I reinin' in every snake
That try to change my fate ♪
1620
01:33:06,119 --> 01:33:09,086
♪ They thought They had my name
But I just changed the date ♪
1621
01:33:09,088 --> 01:33:12,256
♪ Funny how they love To build
you up Just to tear you down ♪
1622
01:33:12,258 --> 01:33:15,563
♪ Put you on the ground While
your head In the world round ♪
1623
01:33:16,295 --> 01:33:19,096
♪ They tried
To bring me down ♪
1624
01:33:19,098 --> 01:33:21,933
♪ They tried to count me out ♪
1625
01:33:21,935 --> 01:33:23,935
♪ They filled my head
With doubt ♪
1626
01:33:23,937 --> 01:33:27,738
♪ But it's not
It's not over ♪
1627
01:33:27,740 --> 01:33:30,408
♪ And yes
I been through hell ♪
1628
01:33:30,410 --> 01:33:33,344
♪ But on the other side ♪
1629
01:33:33,346 --> 01:33:35,179
♪ Is where I found myself ♪
1630
01:33:35,181 --> 01:33:38,949
♪ And it's not
It's not over ♪
1631
01:33:38,951 --> 01:33:41,185
[man rapping] ♪ I cry
freedom Every time I speak ♪
1632
01:33:41,187 --> 01:33:44,788
♪ Move through the dark clouds
To the light I seek ♪
1633
01:33:44,790 --> 01:33:47,391
♪ Straight from the fire
Right into the heat ♪
1634
01:33:47,393 --> 01:33:50,694
♪ I shout so loud
That they yellin' "Preach!" ♪
1635
01:33:50,696 --> 01:33:53,131
♪ So throw everything
You want at me ♪
1636
01:33:53,133 --> 01:33:56,033
♪ Now you think you got me
Where you wanted me ♪
1637
01:33:56,035 --> 01:33:58,935
♪ But ain't no stoppin'
What I'm gonna be ♪
1638
01:33:58,937 --> 01:34:01,905
♪ You see, the struggle
Is a part of me ♪
1639
01:34:01,907 --> 01:34:04,311
♪ They tried
To bring me down ♪
1640
01:34:05,145 --> 01:34:07,778
♪ They tried to count me out ♪
1641
01:34:07,780 --> 01:34:09,346
♪ They filled my head
With doubt ♪
1642
01:34:09,348 --> 01:34:13,751
♪ But it's not
It's not over ♪
1643
01:34:13,753 --> 01:34:16,220
♪ And yes
I been through hell ♪
1644
01:34:16,222 --> 01:34:19,122
♪ But on the other side ♪
1645
01:34:19,124 --> 01:34:20,824
♪ Is where I found myself ♪
1646
01:34:20,826 --> 01:34:24,828
♪ And it's not
It's not over ♪
1647
01:34:24,830 --> 01:34:27,431
♪ They tried
To bring me down ♪
1648
01:34:27,433 --> 01:34:30,400
♪ They tried to count me out ♪
1649
01:34:30,402 --> 01:34:32,470
♪ They filled my head
With doubt ♪
1650
01:34:32,472 --> 01:34:35,876
♪ But it's not
It's not over ♪
1651
01:34:36,942 --> 01:34:39,279
[man rapping]
♪ You know I prayed for it ♪
1652
01:34:40,245 --> 01:34:42,915
♪ I prayed for a miracle ♪
1653
01:34:43,816 --> 01:34:46,484
♪ And it's not
It's not over ♪
1654
01:34:46,486 --> 01:34:49,886
♪ They try to tell you That you
wrong When you know you right ♪
1655
01:34:49,888 --> 01:34:52,790
♪ I ain't gonna fall
I'mma stand and fight ♪
1656
01:34:52,792 --> 01:34:55,259
♪ I already made it through
A million nights ♪
1657
01:34:55,261 --> 01:35:00,200
♪ And it's not
It's not over ♪
1658
01:35:01,301 --> 01:35:03,837
["Set Me Free" playing]
1659
01:35:03,839 --> 01:35:08,839
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