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The bombing killed four young African-American girls (Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley, Addie Mae Collins, and Denise McNair). Blanton was thirty-three years old at the time of the bombing. Blanton is the son of Thomas Edwin "Pops" Blanton, Senior, who was a notorious racist in the Birmingham, Alabama area.
Blanton was born on the same day as Bobby Frank Cherry, one of his co-conspirators.
Blanton was convicted of murder in 2001 and sentenced to life in prison, with the eventual possibility of parole. He is housed at Saint Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, Alabama.
Based on Alabama Department of Corrections, Blanton is up for parole consideration on April 1, 2016. A hearing is not posted.
