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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. | 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]. | |||
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