Act amending "crimes against nature" laws in the Colorado Criminal Code (1939)
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Title
Act amending "crimes against nature" laws in the Colorado Criminal Code (1939)
Subject
sodomy, crimes against nature
Description
A 1939 revision to the original "crimes against nature" law in the State of Colorado. The law specified in greater detail the crime, including reference to "copulation per anus or os." It also revised down the penalty to at least one but no more than fourteen years in prison.
Creator
General Assembly of the State of Colorado
Source
Colorado Session Laws, William A. Wise Law Library, University of Colorado
Date
April 3, 1939
Contributor
Thomas R. Dunn (researcher)
Rights
Public domain -- government document
Format
PDF, JPEG
Language
English
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Original Format
paper
Files
Collection
Citation
General Assembly of the State of Colorado, “Act amending "crimes against nature" laws in the Colorado Criminal Code (1939),” Northern Colorado Queer Memory Project, accessed February 1, 2023, https://nocoqueermemory.omeka.net/items/show/161.