18-U.S.C.-1120

§1120 – Murder By Escaped Prisoners

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Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 51 > Section 1120

Details

• Reference: Section 1120
• Legend: §1120 – Murder By Escaped Prisoners
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

(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.)

Amendments

1996—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 104–294 substituted Federal correctional institution for Federal prison.

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