-Caveat Lector-
{{I think it speaks volumes that the State of Alabama has done battle with
the FBI for forty years to bring this man to trial. It was J. Edgar who
closed the case originally and since the FBI owned the tape of Blanton
discussing this, the only real evidence to connect him to the bombing, it
could not be brought to trial without it. Why would the FBI do this? Many,
myself included, have always wondered. The tape WAS probably illegally
obtained based on the laws as they existed then. And one man had been
convicted in '71. And at the time of the crime, bombings were quite frequent
on all sides~~whites bombing blacks, blacks bombing whites and other blacks
and probably whites bombing whites! Nothing concerning human nature is ever
simple. Finally, in 1997 and with new laws in place, the FBI co-operated
resulting in a conviction of the co-conspirator at long last. It would have
been so easy to just forget about this and give up and I am very proud of my
State's Prosecutor General for not doing that after all these years.
Amelia}}
16th St. Baptist Church Timeline
BIRMINGHAM, May 2 - The investigation and trials of the 16th St. Baptist
Church bombing case have spanned almost four decades.
Sept. 15, 1963
A bomb rips through the 16th St. Baptist Church during services. Denise
McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Addie Mae Collins, and Carole Robertson are killed.
Twenty others are injured.
1968
The FBI closes the investigation without making an arrest.
1971
Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley re-opens the investigation. That
results in the arrest and conviction of Robert Chambliss.
1985
Chambliss dies in prison.
1988
Attorney General Don Siegelman opens the case for the third time.
1994
Case closed again with no arrests or convictions.
1997
U.S. Attorney Doug Jones and FBI open the case for the fourth time.
1998
A grand jury is convened.
2000
Thomas Blanton Jr. And Bobby Frank Cherry are indicted on murder
charges.
April 2001
Cherry is ruled medically unfit to stand trial.
May 1, 2001
Blanton is convicted in the case.
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