people were taken before a grand jury, but there was never any key evidence leading to the murderers. Anyone that may have had information was afraid to talk about the situation at that time. The fact that whites had so much power over the justice in Walton County kept people in fear of also being killed if they repeated what they knew. The day that Harrison picked up Roger Malcom from jail was the day him and his family died, but Harrison was never suspected as playing a part in the murder. Now forty-six years later there is evidence proving that Harrison could be the answer to justice for Walton County. Decades passed and then dramatic new testimony came forth that shed new light on what might have happened that day (Ford,2). A man named Clinton Adams, now living in Florida, came forth in 1992 with a shocking story. Clinton Adams, who was ten years old at the time of the killings, along with a friend, Emerson Farmer, who is now deceased was laying in a pine thicket just yards away and watched everything that happened. It has taken Adams forty-six years to talk about the situation because he was also in fear of Hunter 4what society would have done to him at that time. Adam states in front of a Superior Court Justice that Harrison was in fact one of the murderers in the killings (Jordon, 32). All the shooters Adams has named are dead, and he refused to name anyone still living. Therefore the case was still unsolved because of the lack of evidence given to police investigators that reopened the case at that time. Although Adams’ testimony was never led to anyone being charged, it rekindled interest in the case. The deep emotional and psychological wounds inflicted on the community by this terrible crime can never be completely healed until an honest attempt is made to secure justice (Rivers, 2). This incident led to historic changes that caused the creation of the first ever presidential commi...
