trial in mobile during the week of march 15th through 20th, 1981. on monday the 16th, the trial of josephus anderson started in the mobile county courthouse. anderson was accused of killing a white police officer in birmingham. his trial was moved to mobile because of the publicity the case received in birmingham. the composition of the jury is 11 black people and one white person. so it was a topic of educated speculation, shall we say, that mr. anderson would either be acquitted or the case would result in a mistrial. the joseph anderson trial started the week before michael was, you know, killed, and i watched the trial the whole week. the fifth day of the trial, the case went to the jury. that evening, all of these
somebody would kill and hang someone from a tree. the motive for the murder of michael donald was not known until tiger made the connection between the anderson trial and the killing of michael donald. josephus anderson will go on trial, in mobile, during the week of march 15th through 20th, 1981. on monday the 16th, the trial of josephus anderson started in the mobile county courthouse. anderson was accused of killing a white police officer in birmingham. his trial was moved to mobile because of the publicity the case received in birmingham. the composition of the jury is 11 black people and one white person. so it was a topic of educated