# Dog Day Afternoon bank robber?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-day-afternoon-bank-robber/127977>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 11, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-day-afternoon-bank-robber/127977 "2002-09-11T15:37:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-day-afternoon-bank-robber/127977/1 "2002-09-11T15:37:53Z")

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At the end of the movie Dog Day Afternoon, it says the character Sonny played by Al Pacino was sentenced to 20 years in prison. That was in 1975 or something. I’m trying to find out what happened to him. was he released or what? where is he now?