18 USC § 1120 - Murder by escaped prisoners

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s1120"
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title: "18 USC § 1120 - Murder by escaped prisoners"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1120"
section_name: "Murder by escaped prisoners"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "HOMICIDE"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(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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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (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 Notes

### Amendments

1996—Subsecs. (a), (b).  substituted “Federal correctional institution” for “Federal prison”.