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Mamie Till

Till's execution

May, 1945
U.S.

In 1945, Ms. Till received notice from the War Department that, while serving in Italy, her husband (along with accomplice Fred A. McMurray) had been charged with raping an Italian woman. Both men were tried and convicted by a U.S. Army general court-martial and their sentence was death by hanging.


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