Screws v. United States

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Screws v. United States is a 1945 U.S. Supreme Court decision that narrowly interpreted federal civil rights protections in prosecuting state officials for the brutal killing of a Black man, shaping the “willful intent” standard under 18 U.S.C. § 242.


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