The Zebra Killers
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Anthony Harris testified for 12 days and spilled it all, providing grisly details about how Green had hacked Quita Hague to death and how J.C. Simon killed Tana Smith. He denied hurting any of the victims himself.
The defense attacked Harris' testimony, recounting his long history of emotional problems — he was first placed in a mental hospital at age 14 — and blamed the killings on him and him alone.
The jury took just 18 hours to reach a unanimous decision, finding all four defendants guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. Each was sentenced to life in prison. Green laughed when the verdict was read.
In the decades since their imprisonment, the men have petitioned for –— and been denied — parole on multiple occasions.
"I know he bought ammunition; I don't know if he ever pulled the trigger, but I know he was involved," Gilford stated.
After Stallings was released from the Zebra case, he led a quiet life as a longshoreman, raising his family.
