Monday, January 19, 2004

Jackson, Mississippi



From the Jackson Clarion Ledger of January 19, 2004



Shooting of intruder won't bring charges



Jackson resident Sinartha Bradfield won't face charges for killing a suspected burglar in September.



A Hinds County grand jury has decided Bradfield should not be indicted in the death of ex-con Anthony Mayers, 31.



"It was best for the grand jury to decide the facts of the case," Hinds County District Attorney Faye Peterson said. "It was an independent body of citizens who looked at it."



The case was reviewed in December.



The district attorney's office has yet to ask grand jurors to hear the case of a second Jackson homeowner who shot to death a suspected burglar. That shooting occurred about seven weeks after Bradfield's shooting.



Bradfield, 31, said he fired his shotgun through his bedroom window at 1807 Linda Lane when he heard the glass being broken out on Sept. 3.



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State law says a homicide is considered justifiable if a person is protecting himself from being killed or from becoming the victim of a felony.

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