Bostic's case attracted considerable media attention in later years, due to changing laws regarding life-sentences for minors, and the severity of his sentence.

Judge Baker later stated she regretted giving Bostic the sentence, and actively supported his unsuccessful appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States in 2018, along with Ken Starr, Sally Yates, Donald B. Verrilli Jr. and over 100 current and former judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officers.

Upon leaving the area, Bostic and Hutson noticed a group of six people alongside a truck packed with items.

Bostic and Hutson formed the idea to rob the group immediately, confronting them with their guns drawn, demanding money from a man.

They detained the woman in the car while they drove off, robbing her of her coat, earrings and purse; Hutson also groped her breasts.

The judge, Evelyn Baker, ordered his charges run consecutively giving him 241 years in prison with the possibility of parole at 112.

[9][10] In the 2010 case of Graham v. Florida, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled it is unconstitutional to sentence people under 18 to life-imprisonment without parole for non-homicide offenses.

[12] The case received signatures and statements of support from people including Ken Starr, Sally Yates, Donald B. Verrilli Jr., and over 100 current and former judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officers.

[1][13] However Josh Hawley, who was the Missouri Attorney General at the time, defended Bostic's sentence, saying it did not violate the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

[15] Attorney general of the District of Columbia Karl Racine subsequently co-wrote an article criticizing the court's decision and calling for juvenile sentence reform.

[16] In January 2020, a bill sponsored by Missouri House of Representatives member Nick Schroer and co-sponsored by member Barbara Washington was introduced, which if passed would have given people sentenced as juveniles greater opportunity for parole; Bostic was mentioned by name in the introduction of the bill as a prisoner who would be affected by its passing.

A separate petition asking Missouri Governor Mike Parson to grant Bostic clemency was launched around the same time, and gathered around 50 signatures from both Republicans and Democrats.

[18] In May 2021, an amendment inspired by Bostic's case was added to Senate Bill 26 in Missouri by Rep. Mark Sharp, giving anyone who committed a crime other than murder as a minor the possibility of parole after 15 years.

[25] Prison rules allowed only one person to accompany Bostic to parole; he chose Evelyn Baker, who accepted and advocated for his release at the hearing.

[28] While in prison, Bostic completed a General Educational Development diploma, an associate degree and over 30 rehabilitation classes and programs.