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 .)