Serious blast from the past....
George Wallace's Shooter to Be Released:
BALTIMORE (AP) - The man who shot Alabama Gov. George Wallace during a 1972 presidential campaign stop, leaving him paralyzed and out of the race, will be released from prison this year, an official said Thursday.
Arthur Bremer is scheduled for release Dec. 16 but likely will be out earlier as he continues to accumulate credits for good behavior and for working as a prison clerk, said Rae Sheeley, a case management specialist at the Maryland Correctional Institute-Hagerstown, where Bremer is being held.
Bremer was sentenced to 53 years in prison for shooting Wallace and three bystanders at a campaign stop in Laurel, Md., on May 15, 1972.
He has served 35 years of that sentence and turns 57 years old this week.
A bullet lodged in Wallace's spine, leaving his legs paralyzed, and he was forced to abandon his presidential bid. Wallace was elected to two more terms as Alabama's governor before his death in 1998.