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To: conservativepoet
18 U.S. Code § 242. Deprivation of rights under color of law

Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

26 posted on 11/09/2020 5:56:55 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: Tench_Coxe

Bump


37 posted on 11/09/2020 6:02:24 PM PST by vigilante2 (Make liberals cry again)
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To: Tench_Coxe

I do not remember seeing a statute with the penalty being that harsh. Sedition doesn’t even reach this level. Why is this never prosecuted?


64 posted on 11/09/2020 6:12:19 PM PST by Salvavida
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To: Tench_Coxe

And who prosecutes the prosecutor?


72 posted on 11/09/2020 6:17:18 PM PST by pangaea6
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