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"Virtually" - is murder even a federal crime in the United States?
by sidewndr46 4y ago
"Virtually" - is murder even a federal crime in the United States?
- tptacek 4y agoYes, it is. For instance, if you deliberately murder a senator. 18 USC 111. I think a bunch of different kinds of federal crimes (like major drug crimes) will also port their accompanying murder charges to federal court.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> "Virtually" - is murder even a federal crime in the United States? Yes, but the general federal murder law (18 USC § 1111) only applies in the “special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States”. A lot of federal felonies have, in place of a general federal felony murder rule, a distinct crime or enhanced punishment when death is involved and deliberately killing certain federal officials is also a federal crime.
- bombcar 4y agoMany things can move murder to federal court (hence, "make a federal case of it") including crossing state lines and various other federal offenses.