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social science subjects > health and social care > health sciences > murder > lynching and vigilante justice
social science subjects > sociology > social problems > murder > lynching and vigilante justice

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lynching and vigilante justice  

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  • Lynching, also referred to as lynch law and Lynch's law, is the illegal execution by a mob of a person suspected of a crime or some other prohibited behavior. Lynching is today a felony in the United States. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Lynching and Vigilante Justice]

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