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Reflection on the South
Gruening, Martha | May 8, 1935 issue

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This article focuses on the Costigan-wagner anti-lynching bill. The bill has been described the bill as a reflection on the South, insisted that Southern womanhood be protected, demanded that the matter be left to the states, and laid the measure indicted the South as lawless and barbarous. The provisions of the Costigan-VVagner bill-which are not restricted to Southern states give jurisdiction to federal courts over local violence. The bill provides severe punishment for peace officers who are convicted in a federal court of failing to protect their prisoners from a mob.

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BILLS, Legislative; LYNCHING; LAW enforcement; PUNISHMENT; JURISDICTION; PRISONERS
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