Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 1111
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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1111 - Notes
SOURCE
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 756; Pub. L. 98-473, title II,
Sec. 1004, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2138; Pub. L. 99-646, Sec.
87(c)(4), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3623; Pub. L. 99-654, Sec.
3(a)(4), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3663; Pub. L. 100-690, title VII,
Sec. 7025, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4397; Pub. L. 103-322, title
VI, Sec. 60003(a)(4), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1969; Pub. L.
108-21, title I, Sec. 102, Apr. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 652.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 452, 454, 567 (Mar. 4,
1909, ch. 321, Secs. 273, 275, 330, 35 Stat. 1143, 1152).
Section consolidates the punishment provision of sections 454 and
567 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., with section 452 of title 18,
U.S.C., 1940 ed.
The provision of said section 454 for the death penalty for first
degree murder was consolidated with section 567 of said title 18,
by adding the words "unless the jury qualifies its verdict by
adding thereto 'without capital punishment' in which event he shall
be sentenced to imprisonment for life".
The punishment for second degree murder was changed and the
phrase "for any term of years or for life" was substituted for the
words "not less than ten years and may be imprisoned for life".
This change conforms to a uniform policy of omitting the minimum
punishment.
Said section 567 was not included in section 2031 of this title
since the rewritten punishment provision for rape removes the
necessity for a qualified verdict.
The special maritime and territorial jurisdiction provision was
added in view of definitive section 7 of this title.
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 36, 115, 351, 924, 930,
1114, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1503, 1512, 1513, 1751,
1956, 2332, 3559, 5032 of this title; title 7 section 2146; title
15 section 1825; title 21 sections 461, 675, 1041; title 28 section
540B; title 42 sections 671, 2283, 5106a, 14135a; title 49 section
46506.
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