{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s2245","title_num":"18","num":"§ 2245.","heading":"Offenses resulting in death","status":null,"guid":"idbd8c3118-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60010(a)(2), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1972; amended Pub. L. 109–248, title II, § 206(a)(3), July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 613.)","seq_in_title":787,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch109A","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch109A","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 109A—","heading":"SEXUAL ABUSE","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id74f2eccc-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2245\"><num value=\"2245\">§ 2245.</num><heading> Offenses resulting in death</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id74f2eccd-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2245/a\"><num value=\"a\">(a)</num><heading> <ref class=\"footnoteRef\" idref=\"fn002143\">1</ref><note type=\"footnote\" id=\"fn002143\"><num>1</num> So in original. No subsec. (b) has been enacted.</note> <inline class=\"small-caps\">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>A person who, in the course of an offense under this chapter, or section 1591, 2251, 2251A, 2260, 2421, 2422, 2423, or 2425, murders an individual, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life.</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id74f2ecce-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322/tVI/s60010/a/2\">Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60010(a)(2)</ref>, <date date=\"1994-09-13\">Sept. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/108/1972\">108 Stat. 1972</ref>; amended <ref href=\"/us/pl/109/248/tII/s206/a/3\">Pub. L. 109–248, title II, § 206(a)(3)</ref>, <date date=\"2006-07-27\">July 27, 2006</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/120/613\">120 Stat. 613</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id74f2eccf-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id74f2ecd0-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"priorProvisions\" id=\"id74f2ecd1-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Prior Provisions</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">A prior section 2245 was renumbered <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s2246\">section 2246 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id74f2ecd2-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">2006—<ref href=\"/us/pl/109/248\">Pub. L. 109–248</ref> amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “A person who, in the course of an offense under this chapter, engages in conduct that results in the death of a person, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life.”</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}