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No Homicide Signs in Black Man’s Hanging

CASE CLOSED

Justice Department finds.

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Mississippi Dept of Corrections/Handout via Reuters

The Department of Justice has ruled out homicide in the death of Otis James Byrd, a 54-year-old black man who was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi in March. The investigation had been opened to determine whether or not the death was the result of a hate crime.

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