A jury in the US state of Mississippi has all but guaranteed that Carolyn Donham, the woman at the centre of the 1955 Emmett Till lynching, will never face legal consequences.
Donham's allegations against the black teenager were the catalyst for his death.
The fact that Donham, who at the time was known as Carolyn Bryant, is still alive remains a reminder that racial segregation and its consequences are recent history.
