Stanley Ray Bond (October 30, 1944 – May 24, 1972) was a former convict who enrolled at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Bond later died in prison awaiting trial when a bomb he built to use for an escape detonated prematurely.
[2] In February 1970, Bond enrolled at Brandeis University as part of a government sponsored program for ex-convicts out on parole.
[3] These three, along with ex-convicts William Gilday and Robert Valeri, made plans to rob a bank in order to finance the activities of the Black Panthers.
[2] On May 24, 1972, Bond died at Walpole State Prison in an escape attempt making an improvised explosive device, which backfired and killed him.