18 USC 1120: Murder by escaped prisoners
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18 USC 1120: Murder by escaped prisoners Text contains those laws in effect on January 4, 1995
From Title 18-CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDUREPART I-CRIMESCHAPTER 51-HOMICIDE

§1120. Murder by escaped prisoners

(a) Definition.-In this section, "Federal prison" and "term of life imprisonment" have the meanings stated in section 1118.1

(b) Offense and Penalty.-A person, having escaped from a Federal prison 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 .)

References in Text

Section 1118, referred to in subsec. (a), probably means the section 1118 of this title which was added by section 60005(a) of Pub. L. 103–322.

1 See References in Text note below.