18.2-40 - Lynching deemed murder.
§ 18.2-40. Lynching deemed murder.
Every lynching shall be deemed murder. Any and every person composing a moband any and every accessory thereto, by which any person is lynched, shall beguilty of murder, and upon conviction, shall be punished as provided inArticle 1 (§ 18.2-30 et seq.) of this chapter.
(Code 1950, § 18.1-29; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)