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    Legislation To Make Lynching A Federal Crime Clears Historic Hurdle In Congress

    On Wednesday, the Senate approved legislation that, if enacted, would make lynching a federal crime for the first time in U.S. history.
    by Cat Schuknecht Dec 21, 2018 2 minutes
    Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listens to testimony at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in September. Kamala, along with Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Tim Scott, R-S.C., proposed the anti-lynching bill passed by the Senate on Wednesday.

    For the first time in U.S. history, the Senate has moved to make lynching a federal crime.

    On Wednesday, the Senate unanimously passed the "Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018," which, if enacted, would add a section on lynching to the part of the that deals with crimes related to civil rights. The section on lynching would be added right after the section on hate crime acts.

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