[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1118]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 51--HOMICIDE
Sec. 1118. Murder by a Federal prisoner
(a) Offense.--A person who, while confined in a Federal correctional
institution under a sentence for a term of life imprisonment, commits
the murder of another shall be punished by death or by life
imprisonment.
(b) Definitions.--In this section--
``Federal correctional institution'' means any Federal prison,
Federal correctional facility, Federal community program center, or
Federal halfway house.
``murder'' means a first degree or second degree murder (as
defined in section 1111).
``term of life imprisonment'' means a sentence for the term of
natural life, a sentence commuted to natural life, an indeterminate
term of a minimum of at leas
