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Robert Edward Chambliss

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to reopen the case in 1971. In 1977, Chambliss was convicted of first degree murder for the bombing in the death of Carol Denise McNair. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Chambliss died in Lloyd Noland Hospital and Health Center in Birmingham on October 29, 1985, still proclaiming his innocence.
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had accumulated evidence against the named suspects that had not been revealed to the prosecutors by order of
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The investigation was originally closed in 1968; no charges were filed. Years later it was found that the
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as suspects in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four young African-American girls.
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convicted in 1977 of murder for his role as conspirator in the
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This United States biographical article related to crime is a
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Until Justice Rolls Down: The Birmingham Church Bombing Case
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Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Alabama
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Pratt City, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama)
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Deceased
White supremacy
Conviction(s)
First degree murder
Life imprisonment
Bobby Frank Cherry
Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr.
white supremacist
terrorist
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
United Klans of America
firebombed
African American
Alabama
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Bobby Frank Cherry
Herman Frank Cash
Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr.
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
attorney general
Bill Baxley
Montgomery, Alabama
United States portal

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