§ 1118. Murder by a Federal prisoner

Legislative history

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1. 1994

   Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title VI § 60005(a) · 108 Stat. 1796

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1118

   (Added Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60005(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1970.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Added Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60005(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1970.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Chapter 51 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§1118. Murder by a Federal prisoner “(a) Offense.— A person who, while confined in a Federal correctional institution under a sentence for a term of life imprisonment, commits the murder of another shall be punished by death or by life imprisonment. “(b) Definitions.— In this section— “‘Federal correctional institution’ means any Federal prison, Federal correctional facility, Federal community program center, or Federal halfway house. “‘murder’ means a first degree or second degree murder (as defined in section 1111). “ ‘term of life imprisonment’ means a sentence for the term of natural life, a sentence commuted to natural life, an indeterminate term of a minimum of at least fifteen years and a maximum of life, or an unexecuted sentence of death.”.

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