I agree with you on the People being responsible for lynching, but I do not think awareness initiatives will be sufficient in the short term. As they will take

I agree with you on the People being responsible for lynching, but I do not think awareness initiatives will be sufficient in the short term. As they will take generations to come into full effect. Instead greater respect for the law is more important. No matter what the people had thought about the five strangers they didn't have the power or the right to punish them. It will be a lot more viable to educate them to respect certain non ambiguous laws, such as murder being a crime regardless of what you think about the other person. While judging authenticity of a piece of information can be ambiguous and will take time to become affective.