Criminal Justice
Release of Man Who Shot George Wallace
Slightly more than 35 years after he shot Alabama Gov. George Wallace, who was then a presidential candidate known for his segregationist policies, Arthur Bremer is scheduled to be released tomorrow.
Originally sentenced to 63 years for the attempted assassination at a Laurel, Md, campaign rally, Bremer subsequently won a reduction to 53 years and shaved another 17 years off his sentence due to his good behavior in prison, reports the Washington Post, which attributes the information about his planned release to unnamed sources.
The May 15, 1972 shooting left Wallace paralyzed and in a wheelchair and injured three other persons.
More details about Wallace and Bremer are provided in an earlier ABAJournal.com post.
