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A May 13, 1965 memo [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation] (FBI) director [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover J. Edgar Hoover] identified Chambliss, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Frank_Cherry Bobby Frank Cherry], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Frank_Cash Herman Frank Cash] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_E._Blanton,_Jr. Thomas E. Blanton, Jr.] as suspects in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing which resulted in the death of four young African-American girls.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-LAT_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edward_Chambliss#cite_note-LAT-1 [1]]</sup>
A May 13, 1965 memo [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation] (FBI) director [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover J. Edgar Hoover] identified Chambliss, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Frank_Cherry Bobby Frank Cherry], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Frank_Cash Herman Frank Cash] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_E._Blanton,_Jr. Thomas E. Blanton, Jr.] as suspects in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing which resulted in the death of four young African-American girls.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-LAT_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edward_Chambliss#cite_note-LAT-1 [1]]</sup>


The investigation was originally closed in 1968; no charges were filed. Years later it was found that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI FBI] had accumulated evidence against the named suspects that had not been revealed to the prosecutors by order of J. Edgar Hoover. The files were used by Alabama [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_general attorney general] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Baxley Bill Baxley] to reopen the case in 1971.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-LAT_1-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edward_Chambliss#cite_note-LAT-1 [1]]</sup> In 1977 Chambliss was convicted of murder for the bombing and sentenced to several terms of life imprisonment. He died in prison in 1985, still proclaiming his innocence. He was 81.
The investigation was originally closed in 1968; no charges were filed. Years later it was found that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI FBI] had accumulated evidence against the named suspects that had not been revealed to the prosecutors by order of J. Edgar Hoover. The files were used by Alabama [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_general attorney general] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Baxley Bill Baxley] to reopen the case in 1971.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-LAT_1-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edward_Chambliss#cite_note-LAT-1 [1]]</sup> In 1977 Chambliss was convicted of murder for the bombing and sentenced to several terms of life imprisonment.  Chambliss served his time in a prison near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama Montgomery, Alabama].  He died in prison in 1985, still proclaiming his innocence. He was 81.
 
Chambliss served his time in a prison near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama Montgomery, Alabama].
 
==Death==
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In 1985, Chambliss was executed in jail.
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