The Story of Brian Banks
Innocent people are convicted of crimes they did not commit every year. Some get out after a number of years, but others end up dying in prison. These innocent folk waste tons of their life in prison for crimes they did not do. It is sick and makes me sad and mad and everything bad in this world.
Brian Banks was a football star in high school. He had made a verbal commitment to play in college when a childhood friend of his made false rape allegations against him. This derailed his career, and, striking a plea deal that put him in jail for five years and on probation for another five, he was sent to prison.
Brian Banks was forced to wear the title "Sex Offender" over his head for ten years before his accuser recanted the story and admitted there was no rape.
Since being released, Banks has been working harder than ever to be apart of the NFL. His most recent tryout is with the Falcons, and it's looking like he might make it on the team. I am extremely happy for him.
But while I am happy, this whole thing upsets me. Why would this woman lie about this man raping her? It angers me greatly that this man may have had to throw away a great career and the best years of his life to rot in prison for a crime he didn't commit. People feared him when he was out because he carried a false label.
The Justice System needs to get their stuff together, man.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Monday, December 17, 2012
Lucy the Chimpanzee
Lucy the Chimpanzee
Lucy was adopted by Maurice and Jane Temerlin only two days after being born. They were going to use Lucy as an experiment; they were going to see what would happen if Lucy was raised as a human. They had Lucy wear dresses, eat using silverware, flip through magazines, and sit at the dinner table nicely. Lucy was once observed lying, something that was once thought to be uniquely human. She functioned well as a human, until she got so big that her strength just destroyed the Temerlin's home. The Temerlins sent her to a chimpanzee rehabilitation center when Lucy was twelve, and Lucy just did not fit in. She was scared around other chimpanzees, and she only found humans attractive. Although her adopted parents left after a few weeks, Janis Carter, Lucy's caretaker, stayed for over a year to help Lucy be able to live on her own in the wild. Once Carter thought Lucy was ready, she left. She returned a year later with some of Lucy's belongings, and Lucy embraced Carter before leaving with a group of chimpanzees, showing that she assimilated to life as a chimpanzee. Carter returned a year after that, to find Lucy's skeleton. She had been poached.
Lucy was adopted by Maurice and Jane Temerlin only two days after being born. They were going to use Lucy as an experiment; they were going to see what would happen if Lucy was raised as a human. They had Lucy wear dresses, eat using silverware, flip through magazines, and sit at the dinner table nicely. Lucy was once observed lying, something that was once thought to be uniquely human. She functioned well as a human, until she got so big that her strength just destroyed the Temerlin's home. The Temerlins sent her to a chimpanzee rehabilitation center when Lucy was twelve, and Lucy just did not fit in. She was scared around other chimpanzees, and she only found humans attractive. Although her adopted parents left after a few weeks, Janis Carter, Lucy's caretaker, stayed for over a year to help Lucy be able to live on her own in the wild. Once Carter thought Lucy was ready, she left. She returned a year later with some of Lucy's belongings, and Lucy embraced Carter before leaving with a group of chimpanzees, showing that she assimilated to life as a chimpanzee. Carter returned a year after that, to find Lucy's skeleton. She had been poached.
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