§ 1120 - Murder by escaped prisoners

CHAPTER 51— HOMICIDE

(a) In this section, “Federal correctional institution” and “term of life imprisonment” have the meanings stated in section 1118.

(b) 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.

Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments

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