The review comes with word this week of the death of a man who'd been named, , as a possible suspect in one notorious case.
The Case
The investigation was of the death of Frank Morris, in Ferriday, La., in 1964. Morris was a successful black businessman, the owner of a small shoe shop. His business success — and the respect for him from some white residents — made other white residents resentful.
On a December night in 1964, a group of men set his shop on fire. Morris was inside and burned in the fire.
