Justice for Victims of Lynching Act
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| Long title | A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a deprivation of civil rights, and for other purposes. |
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| Announced in | the 115th United States Congress |
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Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018 is a proposed bill that would classify lynching–defined as bodily injury on the basis of perceived race, color, religion or, nationality–a federal hate crime in the United States. The bill is largely symbolic, aiming to recognize and apologize for historical governmental failures to prevent lynching in the US. [1]
The act was first introduced in the US Senate in June 2018 by the body's three Black members: Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, and Tim Scott.[2] The legislation passed the senate unanimously on December 19, 2018.[3][4]
References
- ^ Lockhart, P. R. (2018-12-21). "Why the Senate's unanimous passage of an anti-lynching bill matters". Vox. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ Zaveri, Mihir (2018-12-20). "Senate Unanimously Passes Bill Making Lynching a Federal Crime". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ CNN, Eli Watkins. "Senate passes bill making lynching a federal crime". CNN. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Legislation To Make Lynching A Federal Crime Clears Historic Hurdle In Congress". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-02-06.