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Emmett Till's relatives and activists want authorities to launch a kidnapping prosecution against the woman who set off the lynching by accusing the Black Chicago teen of improper advances in 1955.
Relatives of Till still prefer a murder prosecution. But they want authorities to launch a kidnapping prosecution against the woman who set off the lynching.
Read why the family of Emmett Till believes that there is a way to prosecute Carolyn Bryant Donham, the woman who accused him of whistling at her.
A kidnapping case is a viable option against the woman who sparked his infamous lynching, but it would be an uphill battle in court.
Relatives of Emmett Till have been stymied in their calls for a renewed investigation into his lynching in Mississippi in 1955.