Here are the federal sentencing guidelines for murder: https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2023-guidelines-manual/annotated-2023-chapter-2-c#2a11 https://www.ussc.

Here are the federal sentencing guidelines for murder: https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2023-guidelines-manual/annotated-2023-chapter-2-c#2a11 https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2023-guidelines-manual/annot... First degree murder is a base offense level 43. Here is the sentencing table: https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2023-guidelines-manual/annotated-2023-chapter-5 https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2023-guidelines-manual/annot... You can see way at the bottom of the table that offense level 43 is life in prison even with no criminal history. Even second degree murder is a base offense level 38, which is 19.5-24.4 years with no criminal history, or up to 30 years to life with criminal history.