Parole denied for Birmingham church bomber

[struggle4progress]

Birmingham Times | August 4, 2016
By Barnett Wright

A diverse group of Alabama residents from neighborhood activists to law enforcement officials, applauded a parole board’s decision Wednesday against freeing Thomas Blanton, a one-time Ku Klux Klansman, convicted in a church bombing that killed four black girls more than 50 years ago.

Hezekiah Jackson, president of the Birmingham Metro NAACP, said he was elated for the community and for relatives of the girls who were killed.

“The families of the church bombing have been suffering in pain since 1963 from the loss of their loved ones in such a heinous act,” Jackson said.

Relatives of the girls killed spoke against his release during the hearing ...

http://www.birminghamtimes.com/2016/08/parole-denied-for-birmingham-church-bomber/

[Arkansas Granny]

1. Good, keep him locked up.

Over 35 years passed from the time of the bombing and his arrest for the crime. Let's just consider that his "preemptive parole".