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Former NFL Player Accused of Raping Babysitter Has Conviction Overturned After Prosecutor Claimed He Had an Advantage 'Because He Was a Black Man': Court Docs

Dana Stubblefield, 54, had been convicted of raping a woman who came to his Morgan Hill home in 2015 to interview for a babysitting job. (Credit: Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office)

Former NFL star Dana Stubblefield's 2020 rape conviction was overturned on Thursday by an appellate court, citing improper racial considerations during the trial.

Stubblefield, 54, had been convicted of raping a woman who came to his Morgan Hill home in 2015 to interview for a babysitting job. He was serving a 15-year-to-life sentence.

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