Last Chance for Justice
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Last Chance for Justice

How Relentless Investigators Uncovered New Evidence Convicting the Birmingham Church Bombers

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
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Last Chance for Justice

How Relentless Investigators Uncovered New Evidence Convicting the Birmingham Church Bombers

About this book

Revealing the story of the reopening of the case of the Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing of 1963, this insider's account divulges the ins and outs of the investigation led by detective Ben Herren of the Birmingham Police Department and special agent Bill Fleming of the FBI. For more than a year, they analyzed the original FBI files on the bombing and activities of the Ku Klux Klan, then began a search for new evidence. Their first interview—with Klansman Bobby Frank Cherry—broke open the case, but not in the way they expected. Herren and Fleming unearthed lost evidence and convinced long-silent witnesses to tell their stories. With tenacity, humor, dedication, and some luck, the pair encountered the worst and best in human nature on their journey to find justice, and perhaps closure, for the citizens of Birmingham.

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Yes, you can access Last Chance for Justice by T. K. Thorne in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & North American History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781613748640
eBook ISBN
9781613748671
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Author’s Note
  7. List of Names
  8. Prologue
  9. 1 The Mantrap
  10. 2 Bapbomb
  11. 3 The Chambliss Case
  12. 4 Agent Bill Fleming
  13. 5 Old Files and Rabbit Trails
  14. 6 The Chambliss Case: Beginnings
  15. 7 The Trunk Tapes
  16. 8 Dallas Bound
  17. 9 Bobby Frank Cherry
  18. 10 Tipping Point
  19. 11 Mitch Burns
  20. 12 Bobby Birdwell
  21. 13 Michael Wayne Gowins
  22. 14 Don Luna, “Con of Cons”
  23. 15 William “Bill” Jackson
  24. 16 Charles Cagle and “Quick Draw” Yarbrough
  25. 17 Partners
  26. 18 Wyman S. Lee and Pershing Mayfield
  27. 19 Willadean Brogdon Cherry
  28. 20 Sanbomb
  29. 21 Waylene Vaughn and Gloria Ladow
  30. 22 Tommy Frank Cherry
  31. 23 Mary Frances Cunningham
  32. 24 Federal Grand Jury
  33. 25 Police Files and State Grand Jury
  34. 26 The Kitchen Tape
  35. 27 Enhancing the Tapes
  36. 28 Preparing for Trial
  37. 29 The Trial of Thomas Blanton
  38. 30 Blanton Trial: Prosecution Closing Arguments
  39. 31 Blanton Trial: Defense
  40. 32 War Room
  41. 33 Darkest Hours
  42. 34 The Battle over Cherry’s Mind
  43. 35 The Trial of Bobby Frank Cherry
  44. 36 Cherry Trial: Defense
  45. 37 Cherry Trial: Closing Arguments
  46. Epilogue: Reflections
  47. Postscript
  48. Acknowledgments
  49. Selected Bibliography