Eight-Time Felon Could Represent Grosse Pointe In State House

Brian Banks' campaign website says voters can "bank on Banks."

Interesting choice of words.

Banks is an eight-time felon who was convicted of writing bad checks and credit card fraud between 1998 and 2004.

Banks, 35, told John Wiseman of the Free Press  he has turned his life around.

He said he received a GED, graduated from college, received a master's degree, a law degree and is working on a PhD.

Banks said he has been open about his past, telling audiences in the district (northeast Detroit, Harper Woods, Grosse Pointe Woods and Grosse Pointe Shores) about his record and his efforts to make things right.