18 U.S.C. § 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. (Added Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60005(a) , Sept. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 1970 .) Editorial Notes Codification Another section 1118 was renumbered section 1122 of this title .

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