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Justice for Victims of Lynching Act
Failed bill that would have made lynching as a federal hate crime / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018 was a proposed bill to 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 largely symbolic bill aimed to recognize and apologize for historical governmental failures to prevent lynching in the country.[1]
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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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The act was introduced in the U.S. Senate in June 2018 by the body's three Black members from both parties: Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, and Tim Scott.[2] The legislation passed the Senate unanimously on December 19, 2018.[3][4] The bill died because it was not passed by the House before the 115th Congress ended on January 3, 2019.[5]