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Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 2 - Aircraft and Motor Vehicles
Sec. 34 - Penalty when death results
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| 18 U.S.C. § 34 (2023) |
| §34. Penalty when death results |
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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. |
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(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.) |
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1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "imprisonment for life." for "imprisonment for life, if the jury shall in its discretion so direct, or, in the case of a plea of guilty, or a plea of not guilty where the defendant has waived a trial by jury, if the court in its discretion shall so order." |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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| Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 2 - AIRCRAFT AND MOTOR VEHICLES Sec. 34 - Penalty when death results |
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| January 3, 2024 |
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| 70 Stat. 540 108 Stat. 1968 |
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