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   SAN DIEGO – Former Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow II has   
   expressed remorse for his actions and declared that he is committed to being a   
   “productive person” as part of his latest bid to get his prison sentence   
   reduced according to new    
   state criminal justice reform laws.   
      
   The former NFL first-round draft pick also described his life in prison and   
   cited previous trauma he suffered, including sexual abuse as a youth, an   
   estimated 100 concussions in his football career dating to high school and a   
   motorcycle accident in 2005    
   that led to depression.   
      
   He put this in writing to go along with a new petition filed last week with a   
   state appeals court in California, a copy of which was obtained by USA TODAY   
   Sports. He also has hired a new lawyer to work on it after being denied by a   
   Superior Court judge    
   in 2023, when Winslow didn’t have counsel and submitted his arguments in   
   handwriting.   
      
   “I am committed to being a productive person when released, and I will   
   always feel remorse for what I did to the victims in my case,” Winslow said   
   in a signed declaration attached to his new habeas corpus petition.   
      
   What did Kellen Winslow II do?   
   Winslow, 41, was sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2021 after being convicted   
   of horrific sex crimes against five women in San Diego County, including the   
   rape of a woman who was unconscious in 2003 and the rape of a homeless woman   
   in 2018. All of the    
   crimes for which he was convicted came against women who were disadvantaged,   
   incapacitated or in their mid-50s or older. One victim was a hitchhiker he   
   picked up in 2018. Another was a 77-year-old woman at a local gym.   
      
   His new petition cites state laws that would have changed the sentencing   
   analysis in his case, leading to a more favorable sentence, according to his   
   petition.   
      
   “Petitioner (Winslow) is not asking to be released from prison at this time,   
   but he does meet the criteria for relief under AB 124, given the trauma (brain   
   damage) he received in his life of football, physical and sexual abuse he was   
   subjected to as a    
   child, and the impact of his debilitating motorcycle accident,” said his new   
   petition submitted by Patrick Morgan Ford in San Diego.   
      
   What is Kellen Winslow II’s goal here?   
   Winslow, who also starred at the University of Miami, has been incarcerated   
   since March 2019 and currently resides at a state prison in Norco, Calif. He   
   is not eligible for parole until September 2028, according to state records.   
      
   Winslow “asks this court to grant his writ and return the case to the trial   
   court so that he may be sentenced in accordance with the new laws,” his new   
   petition states. “He now presents his arguments (with facts not available   
   originally) to this    
   court by way of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.”   
      
   The petition cites AB 124, which became law in 2021. It is intended to help   
   criminal defendants who previously experienced “psychological, physical, or   
   childhood trauma, including, but not limited to, abuse, neglect, exploitation,   
   or sexual violence.”   
      
   AB 124 requires the court to impose a lower term of sentencing if the   
   defendant has experienced such trauma, unless there are aggravating   
   circumstances. The petition also argues that plea agreements are not insulated   
   from legislative changes designed to    
   lower sentences.   
      
   In February 2021, Winslow had agreed to his 14-year sentence in a negotiated   
   plea deal with prosecutors at the San Diego County District Attorney’s   
   Office. That office declined comment on Winslow’s new petition.   
      
   What trauma did Winslow cite?   
   To establish the law’s relevance to his own case, Winslow cited various   
   forms of trauma he’s experienced going back to childhood.   
      
   He mentioned his football career, during which he earned about $40 million. He   
   played high school football in San Diego, where his father Kellen Winslow Sr.   
   was a star tight end for the San Diego Chargers before also citing issues with   
   brain injuries.   
      
      
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