United States v. Harris
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This article is about the 1883 U.S. Supreme Court case about the Equal Protection clause. For the 1991 7th Circuit case, see United States v. Harris (1991) . Not to be confused with 1954 case about lobbying regulation, _United States v. Harriss _.
1883 United States Supreme Court case
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United States v. Harris, 106 U.S. 629 (1883), was a case in which the US Supreme Court held that it was unconstitutional for the federal government to penalize crimes such as assault and murder in most circumstances. The Court declared that only state governments have the power to penalize those crimes.
In the specific case, four men were removed from a Crockett County, Tennessee , jail by a group led by Sheriff R. G. Harris and 19 others. The four men were beaten, and one was killed. A deputy sheriff tried to prevent the act but failed.
Section 2 of the Force Act of 1871 was declared unconstitutional on the theory that an act to enforce the Equal Protection Clause applied only to state actions, not individuals' actions.
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- Divine, Robert A.; et al. (2005). The American Story . New York: Pearson Education. p. 413 . ISBN 978-0-321-18313-2 .
- Lawrence, Frederick M. (1993). "Civil rights and criminal wrongs: The mens rea of Federal civil rights crimes". _Tulane Law Review _. 67: 2113–2229.
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- Text of United States v. Harris, 106 U.S. 629 (1883) is available from: CourtListener Justia Library of Congress OpenJurist
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