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Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any
person in any
State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the
United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such
person being an
alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if
bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon,
explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include
kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual
abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual
abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645,
62 Stat. 696;
Pub. L. 90–284, title I, § 103(b), Apr. 11, 1968,
82 Stat. 75;
Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7019, Nov. 18, 1988,
102 Stat. 4396;
Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60006(b), title XXXII, §§ 320103(b), 320201(b), title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994,
108 Stat. 1970, 2109, 2113, 2147;
Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, §§ 604(b)(14)(B), 607(a), Oct. 11, 1996,
110 Stat. 3507, 3511.)