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Va. Code § 18.2-39: "Lynching" defined
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
- Chapter 4. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON
- Article 2. CRIMES BY MOBS
Any act of violence by a mob upon the body of any person, which shall result in the death of such person, shall constitute a "lynching."Code 1950, § 18.1-28; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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