Bobby Bostic forms partnership with St. Louis County Library
While locked up for decades he relied on drugs to cope, until he discovered a passion for reading.
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While locked up for decades he relied on drugs to cope, until he discovered a passion for reading.
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On Dec. 12, 1995, 16-year-old Bobby Bostic was arrested in St. Louis for several crimes for which he was sentenced to 241 years in prison. On Dec. 12, 2022 —
Bobby Bostic walked out of a Missouri prison in November. His freedom is roughly two centuries ahead of schedule.
Bobby Bostic walked out of a Missouri prison in November. His freedom is roughly two centuries ahead of schedule — at just 18 years old, Bostic was sentenced to multiple life sentences in prison for his role in an armed robbery.