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Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE > PART II—CRIMINAL PROCEDURE > CHAPTER 227—SENTENCES > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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life imprisonment, or if the maximum penalty is death, as a Class A felony;

(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(2) , Oct. 12, 1984 , 98 Stat. 1991 ; amended Pub. L. 100–185, § 5 , Dec. 11, 1987 , 101 Stat. 1279 ; Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7041 , Nov. 18, 1988 , 102 Stat. 4399 ; Pub. L. 103–322, title VII, § 70001 , Sept. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 1982 ; Pub. L. 105–314, title V, § 501 , Oct. 30, 1998 , 112 Stat. 2980 ; Pub. L. 105–386, § 1(b) , Nov. 13, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3470 ; Pub. L. 108–21, title I, § 106(a) , Apr. 30, 2003 , 117 Stat. 654 ; Pub. L. 108–482, title II, § 204(a) , Dec. 23, 2004 , 118 Stat. 3917 ; Pub. L. 109–248, title II , §§ 202, 206(c), July 27, 2006 , 120 Stat. 612 , 614; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title V, § 569(6) , Dec. 23, 2024 , 138 Stat. 1906 .)

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