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18 U.S.C. § 1120

U.S. CodeFederalPositive Law
Murder by escaped prisoners
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/us/usc/t18/s1120
Title
18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter
PTI/CH51
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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(a) Definition.—In this section, “Federal correctional institution” and “term of life imprisonment” have the meanings stated in section 1118. (b) Offense and Penalty.—A person, having escaped from a Federal correctional institution where the person was confined under a sentence for a term of life imprisonment, kills another shall be punished as provided in sections 1111 and 1112. (Added Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60012(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1973; amended Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(c)(2), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3499.) Editorial Notes Amendments1996—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “Federal correctional institution” for “Federal prison”.

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