The San Francisco 49ers are going through a tough season on the gridiron. Fresh off their Super Bowl appearance last season, San Francisco is 6-9 this year and won’t even see a playoff berth.
However, one former 49ers starter has a whole new look on life.
49ers See Former 106-Game Starter Released From Prison After Conviction Was Thrown Out (Report)
In 2020, Dana Stubblefield was convicted of a sexual assault charge. A former San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman was convicted of forcible rape while using a gun on a developmentally disabled woman:
The retired football player was sentenced to 15 years to life.
Things have changed for him drastically since that ruling.
A California appeals court has overturned the rape conviction of Dana Stubblefield after deciding that prosecutors made racially discriminatory statements during the trial.
The Sixth Court of Appeals found this week that prosecutors violated the California Racial Justice Act of 2020, a law that just so happened to be enacted during a summer of protest over the police killing of George Floyd.
The appeals court said prosecutors used “racially discriminatory language” that required them to overturn Stubblefield’s conviction.
Dana Stubblefield was alleged to have used rape by force using a firearm, oral copulation by force, and false imprisonment after prosecutors said he had lured an intellectually disabled woman to his home in April 2015 with the promise of a babysitting job.
Here is a look at Stubblefield’s career stats:
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