Man who shot Wallace to be released
After 35 years in prison, Arthur H. Bremer, the man who shot and paralyzed Alabama Gov. George Wallace during his racially charged 1972 presidential campaign, is scheduled to be released today.
Wallace, a fiery segregationist during the 1960s, was wounded on May 15, 1972, during a campaign stop in Laurel, Md. He abandoned his bid for the Democratic nomination, used a wheelchair for the rest of his life and died in 1998.
Bremer, 57, a former Milwaukee busboy and janitor, was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 53 years. He has been held at the Maryland Correctional Institution near Hagerstown, earning his mandatory release through good behavior and by working in prison.
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