 After the act was passed, Jimmie Lee Jackson's grandfather Cager Lee, who had marched with him in February 1965 in Marion, registered and voted for the first time at the age of 84.A grand jury declined to indict Fowler in September 1965, identifying him only by his surname.In 2005, Fowler admitted in an interview with John Fleming of the "Anniston Star" that he had shot Jackson in 1965, saying that it was in self defense.