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When a Man is Falsely Imprisoned for Rape, Should His Accuser and Prosecutor Go to Prison?
In this video, Dr. Boyce Watkins and Yvette Carnell discuss the case of Brian Banks, the man who went to prison for a kidnapping and rape that never occurred. Banks’ accuser, Wanetta Gibson, was later caught confessing that the rap never happened. The prosecutor reportedly had no physical evidence to support the rape allegation. Should Gibson and the prosecutor be put on trial as Banks was?
The video is below:
Jakada Zo
May 26, 2012 at 12:55 pm
We must all share in the blame for this travesty. When will we realize that we have no racial oversight board of checks and balances to make sure that we do not fall pray to this kind of conduct. Remember the Scottsboro boys? It is clearly a travesty upon ourselves to believe that a fair and impartial treatment can be received for African people in this hemisphere. How short is our memory. Shame on us for not realizing certain truths after all these years. A simple fund generated to overseer the actions of the just-us system would be all it takes to keep a vigilant light on what occurs in the dark halls of the so-called Just-us system. Here again we don’t have institutions which truly look out for our generational interest. And trust me its only going to get worse. I pray for the conscious and hope we have a place to heal the walking dead. In the words of Albert Einstein: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result”.
Catlover
May 26, 2012 at 4:39 pm
I think we should strongly consider taking our case, as a people, to the World Court and not rely on those who have historically and presently shown us that they are our enemy. The system of racism/white supremacy is still at work and we need to learn about how this system works, what it is, how we can recognize it in it’s obvious and suble ways. The ‘justice’ system in the US is powered by a colonial country that was created on the slaughter of its native peoples and the forced labor of our ancestors for the benefit of whites. Today’s whites have and keep the inherited bounty of this, and we wonder why they don’t ‘allow’ us to have access to the pie. Civil rights is under the jurisdiction of the US, human rights is not. We need to start by making our situation a HUMAN RIGHTS issue and hold the US accountable for its crimes.
Victoria Burton
May 28, 2012 at 5:38 pm
It’s another reason we need to VOTE. So, we can get those people that makes these decisions OUT! They ALL need to go to jail including his LAWYER at the time!
Poetee
May 26, 2012 at 1:16 pm
No evidence and he still goes to jail, that lar is not the only one who should!
LoLo
May 26, 2012 at 3:22 pm
This situation happens all the time, and the system does nothing about it. Currently someone I know have been locked up for a minute now and similar situation a lady yelled out he raped her, and she to posted evidence that he didn’t rap het on Facebook. The accuser should face time due to not being honest, due to this being a serious matter. He has children and family that is suffering emotionally over this. The system again needs to do better research, the did the rap kit and found nothing yet he is sitting in the worse prison. #Justice
Kim
May 26, 2012 at 5:19 pm
By all FREAKIN MEANS she needs to go and pay the money back. Aftr all she was living a high profile lifestyle wasn’t she with it? Let her know what it feels like to send another to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. I am telln you, this is a wicked society and justice system here in America – no wonder so many others want to come in and live here! IT pisses me OFF!
WIL-LIE
May 26, 2012 at 6:20 pm
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THEM….THEN SECOND THOUGHT THAT YOU CAN GO TO PRISON
HULLDO MAXXX
May 26, 2012 at 8:13 pm
I thought it was against the law the give false statements to the police doing an investagation? That is a start then file a criminal and civil suit
Princess P.
May 26, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Yes. The false accuser and the prosecutor should both serve jail time. A man’s life was ruined because of their false lies and failure of the prosecutor to investigate properly. A man’s life.
Charles Cofer
May 27, 2012 at 6:58 am
DR. You really dont know how much it happens thats the tool they use to lock us up saying you can get a zillion years in prison or plea, with pisst poor court appointed attorneys who tell them you better take it, another one lock up, i say every black man no matter what should crank up the jury, if your gonna go make them prove it
Jazzy40
June 18, 2012 at 11:14 pm
Defendants should take more control of the situation,if they feel that the poor excuse of a court appointed attorney is not for the them, they fire them and request another attorney. Make them do their job of defending . Don’t just cop a plea because they have a other cases, this is your life! Don’t let them put a number on your back! Make them that you are guilty!
eric
September 3, 2012 at 2:47 pm
YES, IT IS NOT EVEN A SECOND THOUGHT, THE ACCUSER AND THE PROSECUTOR SHOULD BE IN JAIL NOW. THE PROSECUTOR NEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING, SHE EVEN MADE UP LIES TO CONVICT HIM. THE ACCUSER NEW SHE WAS LYING THEY BOTH SHOULD GET TRIPLE TIME THAN WHAT HE DID. UNBELIEVABLE NOBODY IS RALLYING TO PUT THIS PROSECUTOR BEHIND BARS AND THE ACCUSER.. SHE LIED TO THE POLICE THAT IS A CRIME..