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LA Times Today: They robbed banks in L.A.’s heist heyday. Freed from prison, can they resist the ‘lifestyle’?

LA Times Today: They robbed banks in L.A.’s heist heyday. Freed from prison, can they resist the ‘lifestyle’?

Watch L.A. Times Today at 7 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. Palos Verdes Peninsula and Orange County viewers can watch on Cox Systems on channel 99.

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Los Angeles once held the dubious title of the “bank robbery capital of the world.” In 1963, there was an average of one bank heist every other weekday. Two L.A. men spent decades behind bars for a bank robbery in the late 90’s. Upon release, their lives took very different paths.

Brittny Mejia covers the federal courts for the L.A. Times and joined Lisa McRee with their story.

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