2018 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 113C - Torture
Sec. 2340A - Torture
| 18 U.S.C. § 2340A (2018) |
| §2340A. Torture |
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(a) Offense.—Whoever outside the United States commits or attempts to commit torture shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both, and if death results to any person from conduct prohibited by this subsection, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life. (b) Jurisdiction.—There is jurisdiction over the activity prohibited in subsection (a) if— (1) the alleged offender is a national of the United States; or (2) the alleged offender is present in the United States, irrespective of the nationality of the victim or alleged offender. (c) Conspiracy.—A person who conspires to commit an offense under this section shall be subject to the same penalties (other than the penalty of death) as the penalties prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the conspiracy. |
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(Added Pub. L. 103–236, title V, §506(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 463; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, §60020, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1979; Pub. L. 107–56, title VIII, §811(g), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 381.) |
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AMENDMENTS
2001—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–56 added subsec. (c). 1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–322 inserted "punished by death or" before "imprisoned for any term of years or for life". EFFECTIVE DATESection effective on the later of Apr. 30, 1994, or the date on which the United States has become a party to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Nov. 20, 1994), see section 506(c) of Pub. L. 103–236, set out as a note under section 2340 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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| Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 113C - TORTURE Sec. 2340A - Torture |
| section 2340A |
| 2018 |
| January 14, 2019 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 108 Stat. 463, 1979 115 Stat. 381 |
| Public Law 103-236, Public Law 103-322, Public Law 107-56 |
