Ezra Hill spent 31 months in the Cook County Jail awaiting a trial on attempted murder charges. The trial lasted only a day, and it took jurors 30 minutes to agree on a verdict: not guilty.
Ezra Hill spent 31 months in jail awaiting a trial that lasted a single day and ended with a jury acquitting him after just 30 minutes of deliberations.
BALTIMORE Ezra Edward Hill Sr., a war veteran, revered Little League manager and beloved shop owner who met the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali at his Baltimore shoe store, died Oct. 4 at 111 years old.