A member of the San Francisco 49ers Dana Stubblefield was sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping a mentally impaired woman at gunpoint back in 2105. Both CNN and Fox News report on this. CNN headlines with "Former NFL player Dana Stubblefield sentenced to prison for 2015 rape." CNN recalls the incident and explains what happened in 2015 to the woman, described as "intellectually disabled." While the district attorney noted that Dana has gotten away with past criminal behavior, he will not today and justice was served. Dana's lawyer, or course, disagrees and believes he is completely innocent. His lawyer goes on to claim that the victim was not intellectually disabled because the court lacked proof of her disability, and he concluded with wanting to appeal because doing a trial during a pandemic is unfair to his client. CNN ends the article with a brief history of Dana's NFL carrier. Fox News reports with headline "Dana Stubblefield, ex-NFL great, sentenced to 15 years to life after rape conviction." Fox begins the report by explaining how great Dana's NFL carrier was and then how he raped a "mentally delayed" woman at gun point in 2105. Later down Fox gives a brief history of the victim, a woman who was interviewing at his house for a position in babysitting his kids. While there he raped her, gave her $80 and sent her away, to which she imminently reported it to the police. Danas lawyers say she was not mentally disabled enough to not consent. His lawyers also claim the verdict would have been different had "all evidence been shown."
CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/23/us/dana-stubblefield-rape-nfl-trnd/index.html
Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/dana-stubblefield-nfl-great-sentenced-rape-conviction
** please note, this will be the last post that looks at crimes reported by CNN and Fox News, the blog from this point on will cover the election from here on out.
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