New Legislation Means Unsolved Lynching Cases Now Reopened
Last week President Bush signed into law a bill that allows new offices in the U.S. Department of Justice and FBI to investigate unsolved racially motivated killings, such as the unsolved case of Emmett Till, for which the act was named.
The Emmett Till Act will target cases related to murders that occurred before 1970 and has suspects that are still alive. So far, there are already 26 cases “in various stages of investigation” according to Alvin Sykes, a self-educated victims’ rights advocate who helped push the bill with U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Atlanta).
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