<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="id7438ec19-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s34"><num value="34">§ 34.</num><heading> Penalty when death results</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">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.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id7438ec1a-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf">(Added <ref href="/us/act/1956-07-14/ch595/s1">July 14, 1956, ch. 595, § 1</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/70/540">70 Stat. 540</ref>; amended <ref href="/us/pl/103/322/tVI/s60003/a/1">Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60003(a)(1)</ref>, <date date="1994-09-13">Sept. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/108/1968">108 Stat. 1968</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" role="crossHeading" topic="editorialNotes" id="id7438ec1c-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf"><heading class="centered"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>
<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="amendments" id="id7438ec1d-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Amendments</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1994—<ref href="/us/pl/103/322">Pub. L. 103–322</ref> 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.”</p>
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