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Section 242 of Title 18 makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Const
by tantalor 2y ago
Section 242 of Title 18 makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States. The offense is punishable by a range of imprisonment up to a life term, or the death penalty, depending upon the circumstances of the crime, and the resulting injury, if any.
https://www.justice.gov/crt/deprivation-rights-under-color-law https://www.justice.gov/crt/deprivation-rights-under-color-l...
- mikeweiss 2y agoNever heard of this law before... Thanks!
- joe_the_user 2y agoThis is essentially the Federal Government biggest single gun against local corruption - as I recall, it's what officers who beat Rodney King were eventually prosecuted under.
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- amanaplanacanal 2y agoIt doesn’t work that way. If it did, the current Supreme Court could be prosecuted for impending a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion, which was decided by a previous Supreme Court.
- qingcharles 2y agoI didn't realize that statute applied to non-violent violations, thank you.