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18 U.S.C. § 1120

Murder by escaped prisoners

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(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.)Editorial NotesAmendments

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2000–2025 · leading case: People v. Gladney
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People v. Gladney (2010) coloctapp “§ 1116 (murder of a foreign official, an official guest, or an internationally protected person); 18 U.S.C. § 1120 (murder by escaped federal prisoners); 18 U.”
United States v. Polizzi (2008) nyed “national Death or Life while outside the United States 18 U.S.C. § 1120 Murder committed by a person who escaped from a Feder- Death or Life al correctional institute 18 U.”
Patel v. Bureau of Prisons (2015) dcd “” Constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 1120 , 24 Op. O.L.C. 156 , 158, 2000 WL 34475733 (2000).”
United States v. Hausa (2017) nyed “§ 1118 (murder by a federal prisoner); 18 U.S.C. § 1120 (murder by escaped prisoners).”
Constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 1120 (2000) olc · cites it 12× “Constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 1120 C o n g ress has clear constitutional au th o n ty to proscribe killings com m itted by escaped federal inm ates serving life sentences, as provided in 18 U S C §1120, w here the killings facilitate the escape or the av oidance o f recapture.”
STRICKLAND v. SHARP GROSSMONT HOSPITAL (2025) njd “§ 1118 (murder by incarcerated federal prisoners); 18 U.S.C. § 1120 (murder by escaped federal prisoners); 18 U.”
— 18 U.S.C. § 1120(a) — 1 case
Constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 1120 (2000) olc “Constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 1120 C o n g ress has clear constitutional au th o n ty to proscribe killings com m itted by escaped federal inm ates serving life sentences, as provided in 18 U S C §1120, w here the killings facilitate the escape or the av oidance o f recapture.”
— 18 U.S.C. § 1120(b) — 1 case
Constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 1120 (2000) olc “Constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 1120 C o n g ress has clear constitutional au th o n ty to proscribe killings com m itted by escaped federal inm ates serving life sentences, as provided in 18 U S C §1120, w here the killings facilitate the escape or the av oidance o f recapture.”
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