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