We know Shirley’s version but exactly how did Hall explain what happened? If Miller really was shot in the back, how could it be self defense? Was there an autopsy report? On the surface it sounds like Shirley has a reason to be bitter. I would like to hope that with 3 Grand Juries, justice could be found.
Miller tells two versions. Grace Miller's wrongful death suit alleged that her husband, Hosie, was shot in the chest.
I agree with you, if he was shot in the back, Hall's claim of self-defense is weak, and maybe collapses entirely.
-- I would like to hope that with 3 Grand Juries, justice could be found. --
OJ lost his civil suit. Partial justice. In the Hosie Miller case, the jury hearing the wrongful death suit found the shooting to be justified. There was a trial, and Hall would have been liable if the evidence was more likely than not that he was not acting in self defense.
I bet the pleading and answer are at least available, public record of the trial.
I can understand bitterness on the part of the Miller family, and Ms. Sherrod too. But if the history is really this murky (IOW, if the suit and facts are equivocal, and Hosie was shot in the chest), then prudence dictates keeping the bitterness to yourself. Puffing the story up is risky.
For all we know, and I'd like to think this is true, Hosie was well liked by the community, and Hall was viewed as a hot head, so that in the event of a trial, the bias ran in favor of Hosie. IOW, perhaps this was an upstanding color-blind community and jury.
In the deep south in the 1960’s any kind of real justice for blacks was quite rare. And the fact that the alleged killer, Mr. Hall, and every single white juror and Grand Juror in the criminal and civil cases were undoubtedly Yellow Dog Democrats never seems to be mentioned by anyone. Funny, that.