Grandsons say Cherry didn't boast about blast

You know, forty years after he blew up the 16th Street Baptist Church.

Defense lawyer Mickey Johnson called two of Cherry's grandsons and a Texas preacher to show that Cherry had what he called "redeeming qualities" and had grown beyond the violent segregationist past portrayed by the prosecution.

"He hasn't killed a little girl in nearly forty years! Come on guys, give him a break!"