The wife of one of Till’s confessed killers, Carolyn Bryant was a central figure in the 1955 murder that helped spur the civil rights movement. Mrs. Bryant died April 25 at her home in Westlake, La. She was 88.
, Mrs. Bryant denied ever having changed her account. Also according to the department, Tyson claimed to have two recorded interviews with Mrs. Bryant but provided authorities with only one, which included no recantation. He offered what the Department
“In closing this matter without prosecution,” the Justice Department declared in a statement, “the government does not take the position that the state court testimony [Mrs. Bryant] gave in 1955 was truthful or accurate. There remains considerable doubt as to the credibility of her version of events.”
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