Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102
§34 Penalty When Death Results
Title 18 › PART I — CRIMES › CHAPTER 2 — AIRCRAFT AND MOTOR VEHICLES › § 34
Summary
If a covered crime causes someone's death, the punishment is death or life imprisonment.
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Title 18, §34
Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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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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.”
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18 U.S.C. § 34
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102