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2006 Code of Virginia § 18.2-40 - Lynching deemed murder
18.2-40. Lynching deemed murder.
Every lynching shall be deemed murder. Any and every person composing a moband any and every accessory thereto, by which any person is lynched, shall beguilty of murder, and upon conviction, shall be punished as provided inArticle 1 ( 18.2-30 et seq.) of this chapter.
(Code 1950, 18.1-29; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)
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