FEDERAL CAPITAL OFFENSES
BY TOPIC
Assassination or kidnapping resulting in the death of the President or Vice President.
18 U.S.C. 1751
[by reference to 18 U.S.C. 1111]
Bank-robbery-related murder or kidnapping.
Civil rights offenses resulting in death.
Crimes against persons in the United States resulting in death, committed by a person engaged in conduct transcending national boundaries.
Death resulting from aircraft piracy.
Death resulting from offenses involving transportation of explosives, destruction of government property, or destruction of property related to foreign or interstate commerce.
18 U.S.C. 844 (d), (f), (i)
Destruction of aircraft, motor vehicles, or related facilities resulting in death.
Death resulting from aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, sexual abuse of a minor or ward, or abusive sexual conduct.
Espionage.
First-degree murder.
Genocide.
Mailing of injurious articles with intent to kill or resulting in death.
Murder by a Federal prisoner.
Murder by an escaped Federal prisoner already sentenced to life imprisonment.
Murder committed by the use of a firearm during a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime.
18 U.S.C. 924 (j)
Murder committed during a drug-related drive-by shooting.
Murder committed at an airport serving international civil aviation.
Murder committed during an offense against a maritime fixed platform.
Murder committed during an offense against maritime navigation.
Murder committed in a Federal Government facility.
Murder during a hostage taking.
Murder during a kidnapping.
Murder for hire.
Murder involved in a racketeering offense.
Murder involving torture.
Murder of a court officer or juror.
Murder of a Federal judge or law enforcement official.
Murder of a foreign official.
Murder of a member of Congress, an important executive official, or a Supreme Court Justice.
18 U.S.C. 351
[by reference to 18 U.S.C. 1111 ]
Murder of a State or local law enforcement official or other person aiding in a Federal investigation; murder of a State correctional officer.
Murder of a U.S. national in a foreign country.
Murder related to a carjacking.
Murder related to a continuing criminal enterprise or drug trafficking offense, or drug-related murder of a Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer.
21 U.S.C. 848 (e)
Murder related to sexual exploitation of children.
Murder with the intent of preventing testimony by a witness, victim, or informant.
Retaliatory murder of a member of the immediate family of law enforcement officials.
18 U.S.C. 115 (b)(3)
[by reference to 18 U.S.C. 1111 ]
Retaliatory murder of a witness, victim or informant.
Terrorist murder of a U.S. national in another country.
Treason.
Use of a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death.
Use of chemical weapons resulting in death.
Willful wrecking of a train resulting in death.