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A Case Study in Southern Justice: The Murder and Trial of Emmett Till
Ist Teil von
Rhetoric & public affairs, 2005-07, Vol.8 (2), p.189-224
Ort / Verlag
East Lansing: Michigan State University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2005
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Quelle
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Using personal interviews conducted with jurors y law enforcement officials, lawyers, and other people involved with the trial of Emmett Till, this essay argues that a guilty verdict in the case was a foregone conclusion. Despite evidence that the body discovered in the Tallahatchie River was in fact that of Emmett Till, local Mississippians rallied around Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam. In addition, personal interviews suggest that two black men were purposefully hidden in a local Charleston, Mississippi, jail in order to limit the prosecution's case.