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Do we need a new law making lynching a hate crime?
Posted on: February 27, 2020 at 10:20:19 CT
DHighlander NWMSU
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Setting aside the entire thought crime aspect of hate crime legislation for a moment.
https://www.newsweek.com/four-federal-lawmakers-vote-against-bill-outlaw-lynching-cite-government-overreach-1489313?amp=1
If you actually lynched a person wouldn’t already existing hate crime measures cover the crime?
When is the last time someone was lynched in the US?
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/shipp/lynchingyear.html
According to this there has not been a lynching in the US since 1964. Do we need a new law for a crime that has not been reported in over half a century?
Edited by DHighlander at 10:20:56 on 02/27/20
https://www.newsweek.com/four-federal-lawmakers-vote-against-bill-outlaw-lynching-cite-government-overreach-1489313?amp=1
If you actually lynched a person wouldn’t already existing hate crime measures cover the crime?
When is the last time someone was lynched in the US?
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/shipp/lynchingyear.html
According to this there has not been a lynching in the US since 1964. Do we need a new law for a crime that has not been reported in over half a century?
Edited by DHighlander at 10:20:56 on 02/27/20
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Do we need a new law making lynching a hate crime? - DHighlander NWMSU - 2/27 10:20:19
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