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away with false imprisonment, which meant nothing. shin-mee chang: even though we were ready to go to trial on that day, we decided to offer some charges that were felonious but did not carry sex registration. hilda: shin-mee chang was not the prosecutor in banks s case, but supervises the sex assault unit within the san mateo county da s office. we asked why they accepted a plea down when the sheriff s report states they had a taped confession. shin-mee: the trial deputy, after having listened to it, decided that there were some issues because of the tone of the conversation. hilda: banks says the prosecutor never mentioned the confession tape or its tone. chang says the timing of the plea was unfortunate, and in hindsight wishes they would have asked for a continuance to consult with banks and give her time to process it. we reached out to altuna mendoza and his attorney, but never heard back. it turns out the plea agreement in banks s case is not an isolated one.
banks s case told us, we expected a harsher sentence. this was a no fail case, meaning everything was put together with a legal confession in a box and ribbon for them to prosecute accordingly. the sheriff s office has not released a confession tape to the investigative unit or to banks, but told us, as the charging entity, the district attorney s office determines the strength of a case for the purposes of prosecution. carrie: you know, they just kept saying to me, well, you know, this stuff doesn t happen, and all i could keep looking at them and saying, but why did it happen to me? like, why didn t i matter? hilda: altuna mendoza only spent five days in jail, but was put on probation and told to abstain from alcohol and drugs. two months ago, he was caught driving under the influence and is now serving six months in jail for violating his probation. that s more time than he ever served in connection with the banks case. banks is now working with civil rights attorney aaron z
year before. at some point, she said she realized she had enough to drink and walked outside with a friend to order a right shared home. the acquaintance followed them. carrie: and he comes up to the bench we re waiting on, and starts kissing on me, again, like, similar to the year prior, and my buddy is like, hey, hey, hey, and when he does say that, the guy runs off. hilda: banks says her friend helped her get home and snapped this photo of her in bed before leaving her apartment. carrie: clearly had enough, so pass out from drinking. hilda: when banks woke up, she says the acquaintance, fernando altuna mendoza, was standing by her bed. carrie: he s there, and i m like, what are you doing, you know, get out of here, get out of here, and i remember getting up, chasing him out, and i really truly believed i had stopped him. and i saw on my phone, all the, you know, missed calls through instagram. hilda: screenshots show altuna mendoza tried to reach her in the middle of the night b