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18 U.S.C. § 34 — Penalty when death results
submitted 70 years ago by ch. 595 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 32 words · no verdicts yet
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If a crime under this chapter causes someone's death, the person convicted can also face the death penalty or life imprisonment. This applies on top of whatever other penalty the specific crime already carries.
This section adds an extra penalty when a crime under this chapter kills someone. Anyone convicted of a crime prohibited by this chapter, where that crime resulted in a person's death, is also subject to the death penalty or to imprisonment for life. This applies in addition to whatever punishment the specific chapter provision already sets.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
Whoever is convicted of any crime prohibited by this chapter, which has resulted in the death of any person, shall be subject also to the death penalty or to imprisonment for life.
Source credit: (Added July 14, 1956, ch. 595, § 1, 70 Stat. 540; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60003(a)(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1968.)
history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
- 1956Enacted · Act of July 14, 1956, ch. 595 · 70 Stat. 540
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 1968
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 595 on 1956-07-14.
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