Will Emmett Till ever get justice?

Black teenager was abducted, tortured and lynched by a group of white men in 1955

Emmett Till lying on a bed
Emmett Till was 14 when he was killed
(Image credit: Getty Images)

A white woman whose accusation against Emmett Till led to the black teenager’s murder 67 years ago will not be charged with kidnap or manslaughter, a Mississippi grand jury has ruled.

The jurors had listened to more than seven hours of testimony from investigators and witnesses before concluding that there was insufficient evidence to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham, now 87.

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