U.S.C. Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 18 U.S.C. United States Code, 2024 Edition Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 35 - ESCAPE AND RESCUE Sec. 753 - Rescue to prevent execution From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov §753. Rescue to prevent execution Whoever, by force, sets at liberty or rescues any person found guilty in any court of the United States of any capital crime, while going to execution or during execution, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty-five years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 735; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(O), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.) Historical and Revision Notes Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §248 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §142, 35 Stat. 1114). Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative. Minor changes were made in phraseology. Editorial Notes Amendments 1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $25,000".
18 U.S.C. § 753
§753. Rescue to prevent execution
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