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Emmett Till Antilynching Act
Legislative Progress
Introduced
February 28, 2022
Latest Action
February 28, 2022
Primary Sponsor
Cory A. BookerDemocratic(NJ)
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Emmett Till Antilynching Act This bill makes lynching a federal hate crime offense. Specifically, the bill imposes criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 30 years, or both—on an individual who conspires to commit a hate crime offense that results in death or serious bodily injury or that includes kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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