Escape Charges Dropped Against Convicted Bank Robber
By: Michael C. Fehn
Updated: January 4, 2013
Escape charges have been dropped against a convicted bank robber who climbed out of a high-rise jail in downtown Chicago.
Federal Prosecutors asked a judge on Thursday to dismiss the charges against Joseph Banks. Prosecutors say banks already faces up to 80 years in prison when he is sentenced in march on a bank robbery conviction.
Prosecutors say they plan to use the escape to argue for a stiffer sentence.
Banks escaped from the jail on December 18th, along with fellow inmate Kenneth Conley, who remains at large.
FBI officials say banks and Conley broke a large hole into the bottom of a window at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
They used a rope made from bed sheets to climb about 20 stories to the ground.
Federal Prosecutors asked a judge on Thursday to dismiss the charges against Joseph Banks. Prosecutors say banks already faces up to 80 years in prison when he is sentenced in march on a bank robbery conviction.
Prosecutors say they plan to use the escape to argue for a stiffer sentence.
Banks escaped from the jail on December 18th, along with fellow inmate Kenneth Conley, who remains at large.
FBI officials say banks and Conley broke a large hole into the bottom of a window at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
They used a rope made from bed sheets to climb about 20 stories to the ground.
