Emmett Till would be 78 years old today.
, Carolyn said Emmett used a word she couldn’t repeat in court when telling her he had done something “with white women before.” Though Carolyn didn’t testify in front of the jury , the judge and spectators in the court heard her testimony, the defendant’s lawyers shared her allegations with reporters, and her
so the defense could use them in a possible appeal. On September 23, the all-white, all-male jury acquitted both Roy and J.W. of the murder after just 67 minutes of deliberation.A few months after the the acquittal,, "The Shocking Story of Approved Killing in Mississippi,” in which both men admitted to the murder to the reporter. Though they claimed their intention was to “just whip [Emmett]...and scare some sense into him,” J.W.
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