18 U.S.C. § 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. (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). Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “Federal correctional institution” for “Federal prison”.

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