After he escaped from prison, a judge threw the book at Bertram Eubank. But an elderly father couldn't give up on his son. Now he's free and making up for lost time in a strange new world.
Bertram Eubank watched as Howard County Judge Robert Kinsey's eyes moved back and forth between him and his grandmother inside a Kokomo courtroom.
Kinsey came down on the side of the public: He sentenced Eubank to 132 years, essentially ensuring the troubled young Black man would spend the rest of his life in prison.'I deserve to be let home,' Sarah Jo Pender said. The man who prosecuted her agrees. The lengthy sentence was not surprising in a state with one of the highest incarceration rates in the U.S. — and the nation’s highest rate of prisoners serving what amounted to lifetime sentences. Both trends disproportionately affect Black men.
Forty years after Bertram Eubank was convicted for crimes related to his escape from custody, his elderly father, Donald Eubank, hired an attorney to try to get him relief from a 132-year prison sentence.That's how Eubank found himself back in a Kokomo courtroom on Sept. 27, 2021. He appeared before a different judge, his future hanging on a single question.That would be up to the judge to answer.Eubank was born in Indianapolis, although he spent a lot of time as a child in Lovejoy, Ill.
Pointing the gun at the officer, Eubank ordered him to stop and get out of the car. He ordered the officer to undress ― a delay tactic to prevent the patrolman from chasing him ― and walk toward a corn field, court records say. Then, Eubank drove off. While on the run in Michigan, Eubank was charged with kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct against a minor, and armed robbery involving another victim, court records say. He later said he never raped the girl, but he pled guilty to avoid a long prison term."There was no doubt," he said,"I was going to get the time."
Easton was placed in a cell. A few times, the inmates brought him out to talk to the warden as they aired their grievances. Tensions rose about five hours into the crisis. Inmates threatened to cut off Easton’s head. At that time, Eubank was back at Indiana State Prison after his first escape in 1979. Feeling indebted, Easton helped Eubank with whatever he needed ― as long as it was legal ― such as getting clothes and getting a job.He would later repay Eubank in a much more significant way.Keith Cooper reaches $7.
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