§ 34. Penalty when death results

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1956

   Pub. L. 84–595 § 1 · 70 Stat. 292

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 34

   Added July 14, 1956, ch. 595, § 1, 70 Stat. 540

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added July 14, 1956, ch. 595, § 1, 70 Stat. 540

2. 1994

   Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title VI § 60003(a)(1) · 108 Stat. 1796

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 34

   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “imprisonment for life.” for “imprisonment for life, if the jury shall in its discretion so direct, or, in the case of a plea of guilty, or a plea of not guilty where the defendant has waived a trial by jury, if the court in its discretion shall so order.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “imprisonment for life.” for “imprisonment for life, if the jury shall in its discretion so direct, or, in the case of a plea of guilty, or a plea of not guilty where the defendant has waived a trial by jury, if the court in its discretion shall so order.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Aircraft and motor vehicles.— Section 34 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the comma after “imprisonment for life”, inserting a period, and striking the remainder of the section.

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