The Lynch Court. American society was executed without trial

Lynching, that is, execution without trial and effect, appeared in 1860, on the eve of the War of Independence in the United States between the north and the slave-owning south. The founder of this method of punishment is the American judge Charles Lynch, who found the legal judiciary insufficient to establish law and order. The war time turned out to be fertile ground for the emergence and development of wild arbitrariness, usually resulting in hanging or burning at the stake of the condemned, whose fault was not always proved. The Lynch trial is a ruthless reprisal that passed under the cheers of a crowd eager for thrill.

In most cases, the Lynch Court extended to blacks who, in fact, often committed crimes against whites, stole, stole cattle, and raped women. However, the Negro could lynch and for simple suspicion, without presenting evidence. This was the essence of the cruel and often unjust act of retribution called the Lynch Court. After the War of Independence in 1865, the northerners actually occupied the southern states. Forcing southerners for a pittance to sell land and property. Slavery was abolished, blacks were free and could do anything.

But the black population, having received freedom, did not know how to apply it, yesterday's slaves got drunk and committed crimes in large numbers. The punishment followed almost immediately, the offender was caught and killed in the nearest forest, applying to him the Lynch Court. In the first post-war years, retaliatory groups were organized, the so-called Ku Klux Klan troops . The name of these combat groupings came from the characteristic triple click of the shutter of the multi-charge carbine of the "Winchester" brand, resembling the sound of the "Ku Klux Klan". The symbol of the KKK was a fiery wooden cross, installed in an open area. The cross burned for several hours in a row and the Ku Klux Klan members carried out their ritual actions, the final of which was the murder of another convicted criminal.

In 1870-74, the CCC was outlawed by the US federal government, but this changed little, the Negroes continued to be executed without trial, although without ritual marches in white overalls and hats. There were enough jobs for self-appointed judges, there were many crimes and not only among the Negroes. White hijackers of cattle came across the scene of the crime and death waited for them the same day, by hanging on the nearest tree. The same fate waited for any thief, robber or robber. The murderers and rapists also were mercilessly destroyed without trial and investigation. The Lynch court gradually acquired even a semblance of legitimacy, more often it involved judges, prosecutors, officials vested with power.

In the 19th century, a wave of attacks by members of retaliation groups on prisons and courts was held in the United States. Many thought that the judicial system of America is slow, too liberal, hardened criminals receive too mild punishment, little time for brutal murders and other crimes. Those already convicted by the court were dragged out of prisons and killed right on the street, there were several cases when in a courtroom the sentenced was beaten off by the escort policemen and immediately executed in the courthouse. The judge did not interfere with the barbaric actions of the crowd. There was the Law of Lynch, who for a long time set the tone for American judicial practice.