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Would-Be Wallace Killer Walks Free

Posted Nov 9, 07 10:50 AM CST in Crime & Courts,  US 

(Newser) – The man who tried to assassinate George Wallace in 1972 walked free from prison today after serving 35 years of his 53-year sentence. Arthur Bremer opened fire on the Alabama governor as he campaigned for president in Maryland, leaving him paralyzed. Before he died in 1998, the onetime segregationist wrote to Bremer saying he had forgiven him, the Washington Post reports.

Bremer had targeted Richard Nixon and George McGovern, and the 21-year-old busboy wrote in his diary that he was disappointed to settle for a lesser light. He hasn’t spoken publicly since his trial. Three others were wounded by Bremer’s bullets, including a Secret Service agent who says he’s satisfied that justice has been served.

Sources Washington Post, Baltimore Sun

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Former four-term Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace makes a public appearance at Dannelly Elementary School in Montgomery, Ala., in this May 22, 1996, file photo. Arthur H. Bremer, who shot Alabama Gov....   (Associated Press)
Arthur H. Bremer is taken into custody by police and agents moments after Alabama Gov. George Wallace was shot, in this May 15, 1972 file photo, following a campaign speech in Laurel, Md. After 35 years...   (Associated Press)
The man who shot former Alabama Gov. George Wallace in May 1972 had earlier stalked then-President Richard Nixon during his official visit to Ottawa, according to a Royal Canadian Mounted Police security...   (Associated Press)
A gun, center, held by Arthur Bremer is fired repeatedly in the direction of presidential hopeful Alabama Gov. George Wallace (not pictured) during a Laurel, Md., campaign rally, May 15, 1972.   (Associated Press)
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