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18 U.S.C. 1120: Murder by escaped prisonersText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 18-CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURECHAPTER 51-HOMICIDE
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§1120. Murder by escaped prisoners

(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 .)

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