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LOS ANGELES — A California appeals court has overturned the rape conviction of former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield after determining prosecutors made racially discriminatory statements during the Black man’s trial. The appeals court said prosecutors used “racially discriminatory language” that required them to overturn Stubblefield’s conviction. The case was “infected with tremendous error from the minute we started the trial,” said Stubblefield’s lead attorney, Kenneth Rosenfeld. She later received a text from Stubblefield saying he wanted to pay her for her time that day, and she went back to the house. By saying Stubblefield’s race was a factor in law enforcement’s decision not to search his house, prosecutors implied the house would’ve been searched and a gun found had Stubblefield not been Black, the appeals court said.

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☆ Dana Stubblefield: California appeals court overturns ex-NFL star’s rape conviction
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-27 | by ( Jamie Barton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A California appellate court has overturned the rape conviction of former San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Dana Stubblefield – finding it “legally invalid” – on the grounds of racial bias. During the trial, the prosecution had alleged that Stubblefield had threatened the woman with a handgun. Following the conviction in 2020, Allen Sawyer, one of Stubblefield’s trial attorneys, told CNN he “firmly believe(d)” his client is innocent. “Unfortunately for Mr. Stubblefield, the racial undertones in the case were just one of many problems with his conviction. There was also a tremendous amount of evidence that was excluded at Mr. Stubblefield’s trial that would have fundamentally altered the prosecution’s narrative.

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☆ Kentucky Innocence Project wages new fight to free Quincy Cross
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Jacque Smith | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

But Cross has always expressed his innocence, and Currin’s father, Joe Currin, has come to believe Cross was wrongfully convicted. CNN will be following the team of the “Wrongful Conviction” podcast as it reports on KIP’s efforts to overturn Cross’ conviction. Stubblefield testified at Cross’ trial that when the gathering wrapped up, Currin left to walk home. Perkins also testified Cross kept pulling up his pants because he wasn’t wearing a belt. Pages of newly discovered emails between Mangold and Galbreath are a part of KIP’s motion to vacate Cross’ conviction.

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