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No Grand Jury Indictments in Till Case

HeadlineFeb 28, 2007

In Mississippi, a grand jury has decided not to issue an indictment in the 1955 murder of Emmett Till. Till was abducted, beaten and shot after he allegedly whistled at a white female store clerk named Carolyn Bryant. Carolyn Bryant’s husband, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother, J.W. Milam, were tried and acquitted by an all-white jury. The two later confessed to Till’s murder but have since died. Carolyn Bryant was among 12 people facing indictments before the jury’s decision.

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