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Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 35 - Escape and Rescue
Sec. 753 - Rescue to prevent execution
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| 18 U.S.C. § 753 (2021) |
| §753. Rescue to prevent execution |
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Whoever, by force, sets at liberty or rescues any person found guilty in any court of the United States of any capital crime, while going to execution or during execution, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty-five years, or both. |
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 735; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(O), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.) |
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §248 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §142, 35 Stat. 1114). Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative. Minor changes were made in phraseology. EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS 1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $25,000". |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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| Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 35 - ESCAPE AND RESCUE Sec. 753 - Rescue to prevent execution |
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| January 3, 2022 |
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| 35 Stat. 1114 62 Stat. 735 108 Stat. 2148 |
| Public Law 103-322 |
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