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43 years after the murder, Joe Page's family still seeking justice
Murder victim's family fighting for justice
43 years after the murder, Joe Page's family still seeking justice
SEPARATE MURDER CASE FROM 2010. A CENTRAL ALABAMA FAMILY FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE FOR THEIR MURDERED FATHER, JOE PAGE, WAS GUNNED DOWN IN A ROBBERY AT HIS GARDENDALE PHARMACY IN 1980. AND NOW, 43 YEARS LATER, HIS FAMILY SAYS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN FORCED TO RELIVE THE TRAGEDY NUMEROUS TIMES AS THE CONVICTED MURDERER HAS ASKED FOR APPEALS AND NOW A PARDON. WVTM 13, LISA CRANE LIVE IN GARDENDALE. I KNOW YOU REMEMBER THIS CASE PRETTY WELL. LISA. YEAH, YOU’RE RIGHT, GUYS. YOU KNOW, JOE PAGE WAS THE PHARMACIST HERE AT J&J DRUGS BACK WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL HERE. HIS YOUNGEST SON WAS A CLASSMATE OF MINE. AND SO ALL OF US REMEMBER THIS MURDER VIVIDLY. AND CRIMES LIKE THIS JUST DIDN’T REALLY HAPPEN IN THIS VERY SLEEPY JEFFERSON COUNTY TOWN, ESPECIALLY TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW. NOW, I MET RODNEY PAGE HERE TODAY AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME. IT WAS HIS DAD. HE WAS KILLED. HE WAS WITH HIS DAUGHTERS TODAY. NONE OF THEM EVER EVEN MET THEIR GRANDFATHER. RODNEY WAS ONLY 12 WHEN HIS DAD WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN 1980. THE KILLER, JACKIE SUE NICHOLS, WAS ON THE RUN FOR ALMOST A YEAR BEFORE SHE WAS ARRESTED. PROSECUTORS SAY NICHOLS ROBBED THE PHARMACY FOR DRUGS. NICHOLS WAS FROM NEARBY MOUNT OLIVE AND KNEW JOE PAIGE, WHICH IS WHY HE LED HER INTO THE PHARMACY. AFTER HOURS, SHE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE. 1984. SHE APPEALED THE CASE, BUT IT WAS DENIED. 1989, THE PAROLE HEARING STARTED. THEY WALKED DOWN. THE SYSTEM DOESN’T WORK FOR THE VICTIMS, BUT 89, 91, 93, 95. FINALLY, SHE WAS PAROLED. IN 96. THAT WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH FOR SHE NOW WANTS TO BE COMPLETELY PARDONED TO THE CRIME. YEAH, THE PARDON HEARING IS TOMORROW IN MONTGOMERY. PAGE SAYS HE AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY, ALONG WITH AN ARMY OF FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS, ARE GOING TO BE THERE TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THEY ARE AGAINST THIS PARDON. WE’LL BE THERE AS WELL AND BRING YOU MORE ON THAT STO
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Murder victim's family fighting for justice
43 years after the murder, Joe Page's family still seeking justice
Forty-three years after a Jefferson County man was murdered, his family says they're still fighting for justice.Joe Page was a pharmacist in Gardendale. He was gunned down in his store during a robbery in 1980.His killer served 14 years of a life sentence when she was paroled. Now the victim's family says they must fight yet again.Jackie Sue Nichols is 68 years old, she was released from prison in 1996. Now and she wants to be pardoned for the murder that happened at J&J Drugs in July of 1980. But the victim's family is fighting it.Rodney Page was 12 years old when his dad was murdered. He says when Nichols was sentenced to life in prison, the family was satisfied. But then she was released after serving 14 years, which he called a slap in the face. Now they're fighting again, as Nichols is asking to be pardoned of the crime. He says going through the trial, then several parole hearings over the years, now this, has taken a toll.“It still impacts me. I didn't have a childhood. No, I wasn't able to do this. I spent eight years of my life trying to figure out how to cry. I know how to cry now. I can thank her for that.”Nichols will plead her case to the Pardons and Parole Board in Montgomery on Tuesday. Page and his family will be there, along with dozens of his father's friends and supporters.
GARDENDALE, Ala. —
Forty-three years after a Jefferson County man was murdered, his family says they're still fighting for justice.
Joe Page was a pharmacist in Gardendale. He was gunned down in his store during a robbery in 1980.
His killer served 14 years of a life sentence when she was paroled. Now the victim's family says they must fight yet again.
Jackie Sue Nichols is 68 years old, she was released from prison in 1996. Now and she wants to be pardoned for the murder that happened at J&J Drugs in July of 1980. But the victim's family is fighting it.
Rodney Page was 12 years old when his dad was murdered. He says when Nichols was sentenced to life in prison, the family was satisfied. But then she was released after serving 14 years, which he called a slap in the face. Now they're fighting again, as Nichols is asking to be pardoned of the crime. He says going through the trial, then several parole hearings over the years, now this, has taken a toll.
“It still impacts me. I didn't have a childhood. No, I wasn't able to do this. I spent eight years of my life trying to figure out how to cry. I know how to cry now. I can thank her for that.”
Nichols will plead her case to the Pardons and Parole Board in Montgomery on Tuesday. Page and his family will be there, along with dozens of his father's friends and supporters.
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