[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 118 (Friday, July 13, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   COMMENDING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, I want to commend our United States 
Department of Justice for reopening the Emmet Till murder case.
  Emmet Till was a young man who was brutally murdered in Mississippi 
in 1955. The case that was brought to trial in Mississippi charged two 
White men who were identified by a Black one, one of Mr. Till's 14-
year-old relatives. The all-White jury found them not guilty. Both men, 
looking back afterwards, said they did it, and nothing happened.
  There have been lots of investigations about this, lots of reports, 
and the Justice Department has seized some ``new evidence'' to reopen 
the case. I commend our Justice Department.
  While justice delayed is justice denied, justice, whenever it can be 
found in these civil rights cases, is appropriate and proper.
  I thank the Department of Justice.

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