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From: ndiamond@watdaisy.UUCP (Norman Diamond)
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Subject: Re: NYC subway hero
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Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 12:34:31 EST
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> > Last I heard, there were no U.S. federal statutes against murder and such
> > other crimes.
> 
> The last I heard, life was a civil right and denying a civil right was a
> federal offense.

In other words, life in D.C. is only protected by civil rights legislation.
Therefore murder was legal in D.C. prior to around 1965?  Or, only prior to
around 1865?  Civil rights were not always a big issue.  (Economic rights
used to be the big issue, but they have been forgotten and surrendered
during the last few decades.)

Maybe D.C. really has, or used to have, its own criminal code.
... why doesn't anyone in D.C. answer this?

-- Norman Diamond

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