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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Mississippi grand jury declines to indict white woman whose accusations led to Emmett Till lynching

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A Mississippi grand jury on Tuesday declined to indict an 88-year-old white woman whose accusations of sexual misconduct against Black teenager Emmett Till drove his infamous 1955 lynching.

Jurors in Leflore County passed up on charging Carolyn Bryant Donham with manslaughter and kidnapping, despite newly uncovered evidence that changed the nature of the historic case.

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