Blood Law, in some traditional

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communities, is the severe, usually

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punishment of certain serious crimes. The responsibility for delivering this justice has traditionally fallen to the family or

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of the victim, usually a male relative.

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Currently in the

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, only state and federal governments or military courts can impose the

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. Justice under Blood Law would be considered revenge killing or summary murder, and also could be an additional aggravating circumstance requiring the death penalty for the crime.

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