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And there are those who took a less serious route. As Black Twitter normally does, it joked but mostly celebrated the expiration of a woman who lied about a young Black boy and was able to live a full life without any consequences.

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A year ago, Till’s family was looking to prosecute her, but why not still go through with it? People are posthumously exonerated all the time. Alexander Williams was exonerated 91 years after being executed. His sister not only testified but was extremely happy with the outcome.

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“I am happy. I am happy,” Susie Carter said. “There’s no way they can bring him back, but let his name be cleared of all that. He did not do it. There’s no way you can stab somebody 37 times and not have any blood on you.”