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how could they release him?
posted by MarkoffSTAFFMOD on January 2, 2019 at 3:23 PM
He was 74 when they caught him after dozens of robberies and you are telling me he did few years and they released him again before dying? That doesnt add up especially considering he or the younger detective didnt seem to age at all
Reply by Benedict
on March 27, 2019 at 7:58 PM
I was also confused by this, but then I shrugged it off and enjoyed the remainder of the movie. That said, here's what Wikipedia says:
"Tucker was profiled by David Grann in The New Yorker in 2003 in a piece titled "The Old Man and the Gun", which described Tucker's most recent bank robbery. Living in a retirement community in Florida, at the age of 79 and married for the third time, he robbed an estimated four banks by himself in the local community. He was finally caught in 2000 and sentenced to 13 years in jail at the Federal Medical Center, Fort Worth (now known as Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Worth). Tucker did not live out his sentence, he died in prison on May 29, 2004 at the age of 83."
Reply by JustinJackFlash
on November 3, 2019 at 8:16 AM
Yeah, I thought that was odd too.