United States Code Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

§ 1120. Murder by escaped prisoners

§ 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.