it is no coincidence that that law was put into place that year. 1863 was codified. beloved was codified right after president lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation, enslaved people in georgia started fleeing their captors. when cornell law professor put it bluntly quote, it was a slave catching law for slaves that attempted to flee. and it remained the state saw during jim crow when it was used to justify the lynchings of four black people in january of 1912. it was used again to justify the killing of two black couples in july of 1946. black couples who were dragged from their cars and shot dozens of times by white men. the naacp, has documented more than 530 acts of lynching in georgia alone between 1882 and 1968. the violence was second only to that of mississippi, the citizens arrest law helped excuse some of that violence. what a terrible old law. the problem, is that the law was still on the books in 2021. this spring the state of georgia repealed that law, it o
let s take a quick look at how we got here. thousands of patients in the uk developed hiv and hepatitis c through contaminated blood products given in the 1970s and 1980s. about 2,900 people died in what has been labelled the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. many had the blood clotting disorder haemophilia and were given injections of the us product factor 8. the infected blood inquiry was established in 2017 to find out how it happened. under an initial scheme, only victims themselves or bereaved partners can receive an interim payment of around £100,000. the inquiry has recommended the government establish an arm s length compensation body now, and definitely before the final report is made in the autumn. with more on this is our health correspondent naomi grimley from the newsroom. this is a case of such huge reach and huge impact, so many lives affected. , and huge impact, so many lives affected. ~ , ., affected. indeed. as you mentioned in our affec
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