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18 USC
Sec. 1121
01/26/98
TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 51 - HOMICIDE
HEADING
Sec. 1121. Killing persons aiding
Federal investigations or State
correctional officers
STATUTE
(a) Whoever intentionally kills -
(1) a State or local official,
law enforcement officer, or other officer or employee
while working with Federal law enforcement officials in
furtherance of a Federal criminal investigation -
(A) while the victim is engaged
in the performance of official duties;
(B) because of the performance of the victim's
official duties; or
(C) because of the victim's status as a public
servant; or
(2) any person assisting a
Federal criminal investigation, while that assistance
is being rendered and because of it, shall be sentenced
according to the terms of section 1111, including by
sentence of death or by imprisonment for life.
(b)(1) Whoever, in a circumstance
described in paragraph (3) of this subsection, while
incarcerated, intentionally kills any State correctional
officer engaged in, or on account of the performance of
such officer's official duties, shall be sentenced to a
term of imprisonment which shall not be less than 20
years, and may be sentenced to life imprisonment or
death.
(b)(2) As used in this section, the term, ''State
correctional officer'' includes any officer or employee
of any prison, jail, or other detention facility,
operated by, or under contract to, either a State or
local governmental agency, whose job responsibilities
include providing for the custody of incarcerated
individuals.
(b)(3) The circumstance referred to in paragraph (1) is
that -
(A) the correctional officer is
engaged in transporting the incarcerated person
interstate; or
(B) the incarcerated person is incarcerated pursuant to
a conviction for an offense against the United States.
(c) For the purposes of this
section, the term ''State'' means a State of the United
States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth,
territory, or possession of the United States.
SOURCE
(Added Pub. L. 103-322, title VI,
Sec. 60015(a), Sept. 13, 1994,108 Stat. 1974; amended Pub.
L. 104-294, title VI, Sec. 607(k), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat.
3512.)
MISCELLANEOUS
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L.
104-294 added subsec. (c).
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