---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 2245"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "2245"
heading: "Offenses resulting in death"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/2245"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 109A — Sexual Abuse"
---

# §2245. Offenses resulting in death

- (a) **1 In General.—** A [person](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) who, in the course of an offense under this chapter, or section [1591](/usc/18/1591.md), [2251](/usc/18/2251.md), [2251A](/usc/18/2251A.md), [2260](/usc/18/2260.md), [2421](/usc/18/2421.md), [2422](/usc/18/2422.md), [2423](/usc/18/2423.md), or [2425](/usc/18/2425.md), murders an individual, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. No subsec. (b) has been enacted.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60010(a)(2), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1972; amended Pub. L. 109–248, title II, § 206(a)(3), July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 613.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2245 was renumbered section 2246 of this title.

### Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–248 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “A person who, in the course of an offense under this chapter, engages in conduct that results in the death of a person, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life.”