Jessie Rankins was released from prison earlier this month. Although he was in prison for stealing a dog, that was not the reason his story made the front page of the Chicago Tribune last week. In 1994, Rankins and his friend, Tykeece Johnson, dropped five-year-old Eric Morse from a 14th floor window. Rankins was sent to prison and released in 2004. In 2006 went back for stealing the dog. After fifteen years, Rankins is still unable to put his crime behind him, describing himself as “an inhuman beast that had no feeling whatsoever.” On his chest, just above his heart, is a tattoo of a grave stone with the name…