GREENWOOD, Miss., March 22 (UPI) -- A Mississippi prosecutor faces a tough decision of whether to file charges in the 1955 slaying of Emmett Till, a case that fueled the civil rights movement.
The black 14-year-old was abducted and killed for whistling at a white woman at a Money, Miss., store. An open-casket funeral in Chicago brought the case to worldwide attention.
An all-white jury acquitted Roy Bryant and half-brother J.W. Milam a month later. Both men, who later admitted the killing, have since died.
The FBI reopened the case in 2004, in part, on a movie's claim that people involved in Till's death are still alive.
With that investigation complete, District Attorney Joyce Chiles must decide whether to bring charges or close the case.
"There are going to be some problems either way it goes," Chiles told USA Today.
University of Alabama historian David Beito said some people may be disappointed if she closes the case.
"If she does prosecute, there will be people saying this is a weak case. I would not want to be in her shoes," Beito said.
