Dana Stubblefield obtained his release from the custody for more than four years after the former NFL star was found guilty of rape and more than six weeks after this conviction was overthrown by a California court of appeal due to of a “racially discriminatory language” used by the trial during the trial.
California’s judge of the California Superior Court, Hector Ramon, made the decision on Friday in Santa Clara, allowing Stubblefield his freedom, without having to display a cash deposit, while the authorities weigh if to put accusations. Stubblefield is necessary to wear an ankle monitor, cannot have firearms and is not authorized to contact its accuser.
“We expect him to be at home this evening,” said one of the lawyers who represented Stubblefield, Times by phone. “As my partner said, he will organize a late dinner with his children.”
The assistant prosecutor of the County of Santa Clara, Terry Harman, published a declaration to the Times:
“A jury unanimously recognized Mr. Stubblefield guilty of having violated a woman under the threat of a weapon, he was sentenced to appropriate sentence and we considered that justice had been done. This justice has been interrupted and although we are disappointed that the judge released Mr. Stubblefield from the guard while we are expecting a decision from the Supreme Court of California, we remain focused on the sexual assault that occurred, the victim and the need for responsibility and security community. “
Stubblefield, a former defensive player of the year who spent 11 seasons with the 49ers of San Francisco, Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders, was accused in May 2016 of having violated a woman under the threat of a firearm ‘previous year. During his trial, the defense of Stubblefield argued that sex was consensual.
In October 2020, Stubblefield was sentenced to 15 years in life after a jury found him guilty of forced rape, forced oral copulation and false imprisonment, and that he used a firearm to commit The first two offenses.
The sixth District Court of Appeal informed the condemnation of Stubblefield in December on the basis of California Racial Justice Act of 2020, which prohibits judges, lawyers and law enforcement agents, among others, to Proof of “prejudice or animus due to the accused due to the breed, the ethnicity of the defendant, ethnicity and ethnicity, or national origin. »»
The decision of the court of appeal was based on the language used in the closing argument of the accusation, invoking concerns concerning the status of Stubblefield as famous black man as why the police did not excavate His home for a firearm.
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