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- William Joseph „Bill“ Baxley (* 27. Juni 1941 in Dothan, Alabama) ist ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und Jurist. Nachdem Baxley erfolgreich an der Law School der University of Alabama sein Studium beendet hatte, wurde er 1966 Bezirksstaatsanwalt im Houston County. Er war mit erst 25 Jahren der jüngste Inhaber dieses Amtes. Im Jahr 1970 wurde er Attorney General von Alabama. In diesem Amt verfolgte er strafrechtlich unter anderem Umweltverschmutzer und korrupte Politiker. Seinen bekanntesten Fall hatte er, als er 1977 , ein Mitglied des Ku-Klux-Klans, anklagte, dem die Durchführung eines Bombenanschlags vorgeworfen wurde, bei dem im November 1963 in Birmingham vier afroamerikanische Mädchen ums Leben gekommen waren. Chambliss wurde zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt. In Erinnerung blieb in diesem Zusammenhang auch seine (unter amtlichen Briefkopf getippte) Antwort auf den Drohbrief eines Klanführers: „Kiss my ass“ (Leck mich am Arsch!). Sein höchstes politisches Amt bekleidete Baxley, als er 1982 zum Vizegouverneur von Alabama gewählt wurde. Er hatte diesen Posten eine Legislaturperiode lang inne. Wie schon fast alle seiner Vorgänger ist Baxley Mitglied der Demokratischen Partei. Seine ehemalige Ehefrau Lucy Baxley – die Ehe wurde 1987 geschieden – war von 2003 bis 2007 Vizegouverneurin von Alabama. (de)
- William Joseph Baxley II (born June 27, 1941), is an American Democratic politician and attorney from Dothan, Alabama. In 1964, Baxley graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in Tuscaloosa. Having previously served as district attorney in Houston County, he was elected to the first of two consecutive terms as Attorney General of Alabama in 1970, and 1974 respectively, holding the post from 1971 to 1979. At the age of twenty-eight, he won the Democratic nomination for attorney general in 1970, in an upset over incumbent McDonald Gallion. Baxley, incorrectly, was perceived as the candidate closer politically to George Wallace, an impression he did not dispute throughout the election contest. At the time of his swearing-in, he was the youngest person in U.S. history to hold a state attorney generalship. At the end of his attorney generalship, he lost the 1978 Democratic primary for governor in an upset contest. Although widely expected to seek the post again in 1982, after former governor George C. Wallace entered the contest, Baxley said he would not run against him and sought the office of lieutenant governor, to which he was elected. From 1983 to 1987, he served a single term as the 24th lieutenant governor of Alabama. He ran unsuccessfully in the primary for governor in 1986. During his time as state attorney general, Baxley aggressively prosecuted industrial polluters, strip miners, and corrupt elected officials. He appointed the state's first African-American assistant attorney general, Myron Thompson, who later became a U.S. District Judge. Baxley reopened the cold case of the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. In a letter, the Ku Klux Klan threatened him, comparing him to John F. Kennedy, and called him an "honorary nigger." Baxley responded, on official state letterhead: "My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is—kiss my ass." (en)
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- William Joseph Baxley II (born June 27, 1941), is an American Democratic politician and attorney from Dothan, Alabama. In 1964, Baxley graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in Tuscaloosa. Having previously served as district attorney in Houston County, he was elected to the first of two consecutive terms as Attorney General of Alabama in 1970, and 1974 respectively, holding the post from 1971 to 1979. At the age of twenty-eight, he won the Democratic nomination for attorney general in 1970, in an upset over incumbent McDonald Gallion. Baxley, incorrectly, was perceived as the candidate closer politically to George Wallace, an impression he did not dispute throughout the election contest. At the time of his swearing-in, he was the youngest person in U.S. history to hold a s (en)
- William Joseph „Bill“ Baxley (* 27. Juni 1941 in Dothan, Alabama) ist ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und Jurist. Nachdem Baxley erfolgreich an der Law School der University of Alabama sein Studium beendet hatte, wurde er 1966 Bezirksstaatsanwalt im Houston County. Er war mit erst 25 Jahren der jüngste Inhaber dieses Amtes. Im Jahr 1970 wurde er Attorney General von Alabama. In diesem Amt verfolgte er strafrechtlich unter anderem Umweltverschmutzer und korrupte Politiker. Seinen bekanntesten Fall hatte er, als er 1977 , ein Mitglied des Ku-Klux-Klans, anklagte, dem die Durchführung eines Bombenanschlags vorgeworfen wurde, bei dem im November 1963 in Birmingham vier afroamerikanische Mädchen ums Leben gekommen waren. Chambliss wurde zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt. In Erinnerung blieb in di (de)
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