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At the time of his arrest, Blanton was working at a [[Walmart]] store and he was living in a trailer with no running water.<ref name="NYT20200626" />
 
Blanton was a suspect from early in the investigation, but [[J. Edgar Hoover]] prevented attempts by the Birmingham office of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] to bring charges against Blanton and three other men. This was reportedly because Hoover thought a successful prosecution was unlikely.<ref name="NYT20200626">{{cite news|title=Thomas Blanton, Who Bombed a Birmingham Church, Dies at 82|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/thomas-blanton-dead.html|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|work=The New York Times|date=June 26, 2020|access-date=June 27, 2020}}</ref> In a jury trial in 2001, Blanton was prosecuted by the state, and convicted of murder. He was sentenced to four life sentences in state prison.<ref name="NYT20010502" />
 
He was housed at [[Holman Correctional Facility]] in [[Atmore, Alabama|Atmore]], Alabama.<ref name="AL">{{cite web|url=http://www.doc.state.al.us/InmateInfo?AIS=00216691|title=Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr.|publisher=[[Alabama Department of Corrections]]|access-date=Sep 15, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Blanton went before the parole board on August 3, 2016. Parole was denied and deferred until 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/07/sixteenth_street_baptist_churc.html |title=Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bomber up for parole next month |first=Kent |last=Faulk |date=July 14, 2016 |work=[[The Birmingham News]] |access-date=July 16, 2016}}</ref>
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