some crimes are heinous some punishments just but when Justice rushes to judgment honor is the first casualty this is the story of Lewis till a soldier a father and a man whose fate was sealed not by evidence but by the urgency of War Lewis till was no saint born in 1922 raised in the rough streets of Chicago he found himself in trouble early a domestic dispute with his wife M landed him in court-ordered enlistment into the US Army a sentence not of bars but of War he wasn't given a choice but was he ever truly given a chance the year was 1944 the world was at war in a foreign land Lewis till was stationed in Italy serving his country fighting the Axis powers or so he thought OD instead of coming home a war hero he found himself accused of the unthinkable murder and rape a crime he would not live to dispute the trial was Swift too Swift the evidence questionable witness testimonies contradictory the US Army desperate to maintain discipline and Order needed an example and in Lewis till they found one the verdict guilty the sentence death June 1945 at just 23 years old Lewis till met his end at The Gallows no appeal no reconsideration no honor the military buried the case and buried him in an unmarked grave forgotten silenced but the story of Lewis till did not die with him 10 years later his only son EMT till would become a name burn turned into history a boy accused judged without evidence lynched the similarities between Father and Son haunting for a decade the Army buried the truth but in 1955 as EMT Till's murder shook the nation the US government revealed Lewis Till's fate to discredit his grieving mother may till mbly they didn't protect her child but they sure tried to protect themselves the question remains did Lewis till receive a fair trial or was he just another Expendable Soldier the US Army claimed justice but history Whispers another story in the end who truly showed no honor Lewis till or those who sealed his fate what do you think was Lewis till truly guilty or was he another victim of a system that sought convenience over truth comment below and don't forget to subscribe to True Crime no honor for more stories where Justice isn't always just