Poll: Mississippi should reopen civil rights era investigation

[struggle4progress]

More than 89 percent of respondents to a Mississippi congressman's unscientific poll said the U.S. Justice Department should reopen the case of three civil rights workers killed near Philadelphia, Miss., 40 years ago this month.

The two-week poll ending this week was on Rep. Bennie Thompson's official congressional Web site and received 2,138 hits. Thompson, a Democrat, said he posed the question in response to the Justice Department last month reopening the investigation of Emmett Till's 1955 murder near Money, Miss.

"I believe there is a willingness in the part of Southerners to put a lot of this stain behind them by moving forward and actively investigating and prosecuting past civil rights-related murders," Thompson said.
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Regardless of the poll, the U.S. Attorney's office in Jackson is reviewing the case after a request late last month from Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, Department of Justice spokesman Eric W. Holland said Thursday.
http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=CIVILRIGHTS-06-11-04&cat=WW

[FleshCartoon]

1. Count me in.

I'm a Mississippian who would like this terrible injustice brought to light.

[fortyfeetunder]

2. But do it after * is defeated from the White House

I don't want him to get credit for any progress whatsoever in this case.

[murielm99]

3. Didn't they just do the same thing with the Emmet Till

investigation?

I believe they said that there are still some people alive who may have been involved in his death.