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LegalText 18 U.S.C. § 1121 Killing persons aiding Federal investigations or State correctional officers us united_states_code code_section 18 CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 51 HOMICIDE 1121 18 U.S.C. § 1121 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc18@119-100.zip /us/usc/t18/s1121 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-18/usc18.xml 9170b2fe4256fc74d406bbb40898893bbcdaecd78ceedba60ae8a97b85b84a58 1a1bbbbdb59e376ada4eb7ad1056fd68d396679ee7ab59f0561af15006122708 031d6414d05fac00d20216dda37243c0f75d136eb1ec828adee53ec8fa69c700 2026-07-04 official
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18 U.S.C. § 1121 - Killing persons aiding Federal investigations or State correctional officers

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(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 victims official duties; or

(C) because of the victims 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 officers 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. 103322, title VI, § 60015(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1974; amended Pub. L. 104294, title VI, § 607(k), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3512.)

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Amendments1996—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104294 added subsec. (c).