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Title: Emmett Till Antilynching Act
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits lynching and establishes the corresponding criminal penalty.
Amends Chapter 13 of title 18 of the United States Code to add the crime of lynching under hate crime acts (Sec. 3).
Specifies that whoever conspires to commit a hate crime prohibited by the Civil Rights Act of 1968 may be imprisoned for up to 10 years (Sec. 3).
Title: Emmett Till Antilynching Act