{"data":{"id":"us/10-u.s.c.-918","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 U.S.C. § 918","heading":"Art. 118. Murder","body":"Any person subject to this chapter who, without justification or excuse, unlawfully kills a human being, when such person—(1) has a premeditated design to kill; (2) intends to kill or inflict great bodily harm; (3) is engaged in an act which is inherently dangerous to another and evinces a wanton disregard of human life; or (4) is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of burglary, rape, rape of a child, sexual assault, sexual assault of a child, aggravated sexual contact, sexual abuse of a child, robbery, or aggravated arson; is guilty of murder, and shall suffer such punishment as a court-martial may direct, except that if found guilty under clause (1) or (4), such person shall suffer death or imprisonment for life as a court-martial may direct, unless such person is otherwise sentenced in accordance with a plea agreement entered into between the parties under section 853a of this title (article 53a).","path":["Title 10—ARMED FORCES","CHAPTER 47—UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc10@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:10Z","sha256":"a353a5994bd3b2dee1da4568d9db228ea7776c20c47d454127abc748bb64d8e6","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/10-u.s.c.-917a","next":"us/10-u.s.c.-919"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}