USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
One of the most common forms of violence was ____ Illegal execution of a person by a mob.
A
Lynching
B
Arrest
C
Tar and Feathering
D
Pillaring
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -lynching, a form of violence in which a mob, under the pretext of administering justice without trial, executes a presumed offender, often after inflicting torture and corporal mutilation. The term lynch law refers to a self-constituted court that imposes sentence on a person without due process of law.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mob lynching refers to killing someone for an alleged offense without a legal trial. It is a form of aggression in which a mob, under the guise of administering justice without a trial, punishes and tortures a presumed offender, sometimes resulting in mass killings.

Detailed explanation-3: -In case of death of the victim, it provides for rigorous imprisonment for life besides a fine of no less than Rs 25 lakh. It also proposes confiscation of the movable and immovable properties of the people found guilty of conspiracy or abetment. It also penalises the conspiracy, abetment, aiding and attempts to lynch.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mob Violence in India has taken various forms in reaction to communalism, political instigation, crime and atrocities to the minority group, rape, murder, religious and cultural intolerance, racism, theft, etc.

Detailed explanation-5: -On December 22, the Jharkhand Assembly passed the Prevention of Mob Violence and Mob Lynching Bill, 2021, providing for punishment from three years to life imprisonment.

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