Constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 1120

Constitutionality of

18 U.S.C. § 1120

C o n g ress has clear constitutional au th o n ty to proscribe killings com m itted by escaped federal inm ates serving life sentences, as provided in 18 U S C §1120, w here the killings facilitate the escape or the av oidance o f recapture. C o n g re ss’s p en ological and custodial interests in ensuring the incapacitation o f life-sentenced federal inm ates p rovide com pelling support for the constitutionality o f 18 U.S C. § 1 1 2 0 even when it is ap p lied w ith respect to a post-escape killing that is not related to the escape or subsequent effo…