§ 1121. — Killing persons aiding Federal investigations or State correctional officers.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1121]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 51--HOMICIDE
Sec. 1121. Killing persons aiding Federal investigations or
State correctional officers
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.)
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-294 added subsec. (c).
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 42 section 14135a.
