{"data":{"id":"us/34-u.s.c.-12101","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"34 U.S.C. § 12101","heading":"Definitions","body":"Unless otherwise provided, for purposes of this part—(1) the term “indeterminate sentencing” means a system by which—(A) the court may impose a sentence of a range defined by statute; and (B) an administrative agency, generally the parole board, or the court, controls release within the statutory range; (2) the term “part 1 violent crime” means murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault as reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of the Uniform Crime Reports; and (3) the term “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.","path":["Title 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT","CHAPTER 121—VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc34@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:14Z","sha256":"625574879a25b69f3560f8d841b3e6ba68665bc42e59e9a6726bf883ed30c1ff","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/34-u.s.c.-11322","next":"us/34-u.s.c.-12102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}