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U.S. Reopens Investigation Into Emmett Till Slaying

RedMercury

RedMercury

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/us/emmett-till-death-investigation.html?partner=IFTTT

The federal government has quietly revived its investigation into the murder of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old African-American boy whose abduction and killing in 1955 remains among the starkest and most searing examples of racial violence in the South.

In a report submitted to Congress in late March, the Department of Justice said it had reopened its inquiry "based upon the discovery of new information," but it did not elaborate and declined to comment further on Thursday. The government has not announced any new charges in connection with its investigation, and it is unclear whether prosecutors will ultimately be able to bring a case against anyone.

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The Justice Department, whose new inquiry was first reported by The Associated Press, last began a significant review of the Till case in 2004, but prosecutors ultimately determined that the statute of limitations had left them without any charges they could pursue in a federal court. A state grand jury in Mississippi did not return any indictments, either.
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I assume any charges they would bring would be posthumous to the 2 men that did it? How would the statute of limitations play into that if when they reviewed it in 2004 it was already too late? Are they going to try the woman that lied to the cops?
 
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wenis

wenis

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Oct 25, 2017
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That's great news. I wonder what else they have besides the interview with Donham saying she lied.
 
Stooge

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Oct 29, 2017
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Did they find evidence he smoked weed once and wore whatever the 1950s equivalent of a hoodie was?
 
Twstr709

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I just went to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum for the first time and was hoping they would reopen it. The whole case angers me everytime I think about it.
 
Tagyhag

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What's the point? Everyone involved already is dead.

This just seems like an easy way to tell people "See? We love blacks" and not having to bother with recent cases.
 
BWoog

BWoog

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Oct 27, 2017
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Trump: "I'll pardon and do justice for dead black people. That'll get them on my side."
 
asmith906

asmith906

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Oct 27, 2017
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the fact that the people involved in this all admitted they lied and faced no consequences is bullshit.
 
Enzom21

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Oct 25, 2017
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Hey so Carolyn Bryant Donham is still alive and it was her false statements that led to his murder. Start with that piece of shit.
 
GK86

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Enzom21 said:
Hey so Carolyn Bryant Donham is still alive and it was her false statements that led to his murder. Start with that piece of shit.
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Fuck that piece of shit. Angers me that that shitbag of a human being got to live a long life, while the young boy was murdered because of her.
 
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