{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-1120","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 1120","heading":"Murder by escaped prisoners","body":"(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.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 51—HOMICIDE"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc18@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:53Z","sha256":"4b417ad5d0ad56602a5ede0f60d40c2b662c8320d50fcaa1612494e7723de854","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-1119","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-1121"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}
