The two federal investigations were launched prior to passage of the Till Act. In each case, the DOJ secured life terms for racially motivated killings in Mississippi. One state conviction came after the Till Act, when federal authorities helped Alabama safe a 2010 misdemeanor manslaughter plea and six-month prison time period for a 1965 killing. “Even with our greatest efforts, investigations into historic cases are exceptionally difficult, and barely will justice be reached inside of a courtroom,” said the US Attorney General’s report again to Congress on the Till Act in September 2022. What was appealed was the actual construction…