18 U.S.C. § 753
Rescue to prevent execution
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 753, Rescue to prevent execution, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/448955
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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.
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- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994