Grand jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till killing
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Grand jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till killing
The Associated Press
August 9, 2022, 2:39 PM
A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, despite revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and a newly revealed memoir by the woman, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
After hearing more than seven hours of testimony from investigators and witnesses, a Leflore County grand jury last week determined there was insufficient evidence to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham on charges of kidnapping and manslaughter.
It is now increasingly unlikely that Donham, who is now in her 80s, will ever be prosecuted for her role in the events that led to Till's lynching.
An email and voicemail seeking comment from her son Tom Bryant weren't immediately returned Tuesday.
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Associated Press Writer Allen G. Breed contributed to this report.
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Emmett Till and his family have been failed again. 
