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Eighteen years ago, Robert Bolden needed $2,000 to pay his rent.
He convinced two other men to help him rob a Bank of America branch in St. Louis, Missouri.
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The scheme was straightforward: stick up a security guard, take a hostage inside the bank, get the money and flee in Bolden’s car.
On Oct. 7, 2002, a Monday, they put their plan into action. They didn’t even make it into the bank. Two gunshots left a security guard dead, and Bolden was the triggerman.