The Significance Of The Emmett Till's Case

The murder of a fourteen year old African American took place in Money Mississippi, and left an impact to many people. In 1955 the Judicial System held a trial against the death of Emmett Till that led with two suspects Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, and became an overturn affecting for Ms. Bradley. There were twelve witnesses; nine farmers, an insurance man, and two carpenters that were there to testify. The court encountered included in Emmett Till’s case was the jury, evidence, witnesses, and prosecution. Although there were key points that made sense, and had strong evidence, yet both men were found “not guilty”.

The jury was made up of men who were quite similar to the two defendants. The court was full of white men that were defending

He was beaten to death, and thrown in the River where he was found later by Sherriff Strider. Sherriff Strider further explains that the body was not Emmett Till’s and someone had put the ring on a different body. Although, Moses Wright had identified that it was Emmett Till, and the body was bloated that it was hard for anyone to recognize. Strider had testified for the defense stating, “that all he knew about the body dredged up from the Tallahatchie River was that it was human” (41). He wanted everyone to know that he did not thing the body was Emmett Till’s, and so others could possible think

The South of the Delta took this as an opposition, and injustice being made towards the whites. Southerners believed that this was a weapon used to identify two white men killing a black adolescence. In Mississippi, all laws were to be obeyed given three options: “capital punishment, life imprisonment, or acquittal” (42). After the jury making the decision to declare both Bryant and Milam “not guilty” word was sent out to wait a while for news to be spread. This was explained by the jurors explained that they had “deliberated”, took so long because the elect Harry Dogan, sent the word to wait a while to make it “look good” (42). The prosecution approximately took 1 hour ending early because some were ready to go home and eat supper. Ms. Bradley left immediately back home after giving her testimony because she knew that there would not be a chance of justice being made of her son’s