In 2012, Walker was sentenced to 11 years in prison by Denver federal judge Christine M. Arguello for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Now, after spending 5 years in prison, Walker waltz's back into court with "the devil made me do it" defense, claiming that the "devil" in his case was his pastor, Rose M. Banks of the Colorado Springs Fellowship Church (CSFC). It's worth noting that Pastor Banks is Walker's mother-in-law by virtue of being married to Pastor Banks's oldest daughter, Yolanda.

Judge Arguello didn't respect the separation of church and state and permitted Walker and a few disgruntled church members, most of whom left the church many years ago and are completely unaffiliated with the case or IRP, to use her courtroom as a slander forum against Pastor Banks to support Walker's "the pastor made me do it" defense. Arguello ultimately joined the fray, viciously attacking Pastor Banks' Christianity and character from the bench, slandering her name and her church, then cut Walker's sentence in half. "Judge Arguello's actions are both bizarre and unprecedented," says Lamont Banks, Executive Director of A Just Cause. "How can Walker, as the CEO who was sentenced to 11 years in prison based on enhancements of being an alleged leader/organizer of a conspiracy, dozens of victims and $5 million in losses, after a few years in prison present Judge Arguello with what amounts to a post-conviction insanity plea based on his mind being under control of Pastor Banks and get his sentence cut in half? Questions Lamont Banks, Executive Director of A Just Cause. "AJC is investigating the legality of this as it relates to the other defendants," adds Banks.
 

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