After an arrest warrant from 1955 was discovered with Carolyn Bryant Donham’s name on it, a grand jury declined to indict her in Emmett Till’s murder.
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A Mississippi grand jury declined to indict the white woman whose accusation led to the kidnapping and death of Emmett Till in 1955, making it unlikely she will ever be prosecuted for her role in the lynching that fueled the civil rights movement.

A grand jury in Leflore County listened to more than seven hours of testimony from investigators and witnesses last week before determining there was insufficient evidence to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham, 87, on charges of kidnapping and manslaughter. It’s the second time a grand jury has heard evidence against Donham, according to a news release from W. Dewayne Richardson, the county district attorney.

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