*Emmett Till: woman whose accusation led to [his] lynching will not be charged.*

I think this verdict was inevitable. If her story is true, it implies she is not responsible for the murder of Emmet Till. If she is lying, she might be co-responsible in some way, but there is no evidence about what it may have been, let alone any proof.

The people who really should have been convicted of murder were the people who killed him. They were acquitted by a racist jury.

If that were to happen today, the murderers would face federal civil rights charges, as well as state charges. The conviction of Ahmaud Arbery's killers suggests that the US has learned to be less racist in its justice than it was in 1955. Maybe some day it will learn to be even less racist.