                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LYNCHING DEEMED MURDER (§ 18.2-40)

Every lynching shall be deemed murder. Any and every person composing a mob and
any and every accessory thereto, by which any person is lynched, shall be guilty
of murder, and upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in Article 1 (§
18.2-30 et seq.) of this chapter.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-29; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.