Crime & Justice

Feds Close Emmett Till Lynching Investigation—Again

NEVER FORGET

Four years after reopening the case, the Justice Department says it can’t prove the allegations that a key witness had lied.

Justin Rohrlich
Justin Rohrlich 

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Justin Rohrlich

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Reporter

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