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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1512', '§ 1512', '§ 4', '§ 61', '§ 7029', '§ 321', '§ 60018', '§ 330016', '§ 1', '§ 604', '§ 1102', '§ 3001', '§ 205', '§ 205', '§ 205', '§ 205', '§ 205', '§ 205', '§ 3001', '§ 3001', '§ 3001', '§ 3001', '§ 3001', '§ 3001', '§ 3001', '§ 60018', '§ 330016', '§ 330016', '§ 7029', '§ 7029', '§ 61', '§ 61', '§ 1408']

18 USC § 1512 - Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant | Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure | U.S. Code | LII / Legal Information Institute
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Whoever kills or attempts to kill another person, with intent to—
Whoever uses physical force or the threat of physical force against any person, or attempts to do so, with intent to—
cause or induce any person to—
The punishment for an offense under this subsection is—
hinder, delay, or prevent the communication to a law enforcement officer or judge of the United States of information relating to the commission or possible commission of a Federal offense or a violation of conditions of probation [1]
supervised release,,
parole, or release pending judicial proceedings;
Whoever intentionally harasses another person and thereby hinders, delays, prevents, or dissuades any person from—
reporting to a law enforcement officer or judge of the United States the commission or possible commission of a Federal offense or a violation of conditions of probation [1]
In a prosecution for an offense under this section, no state of mind need be proved with respect to the circumstance—
(Added Pub. L. 97–291, § 4(a),Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1249; amended Pub. L. 99–646, § 61,Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3614; Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7029(a), (c),Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4397, 4398; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321,Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117; Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60018, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(O), (U),Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1975, 2148; Pub. L. 104–214, § 1(2),Oct. 1, 1996, 110 Stat. 3017; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 604(b)(31),Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3508; Pub. L. 107–204, title XI, § 1102,July 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title III, § 3001(a), (c)(1),Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1803, 1804; Pub. L. 110–177, title II, § 205,Jan. 7, 2008, 121 Stat. 2537.)
2008—Subsec. (a)(3)(A). Pub. L. 110–177, § 205(1)(A), amended subpar. (A) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (A) read as follows: “in the case of murder (as defined in section 1111), the death penalty or imprisonment for life, and in the case of any other killing, the punishment provided in section 1112;”.
Subsec. (a)(3)(B). Pub. L. 110–177, § 205(1)(B), substituted “30 years” for “20 years” in concluding provisions.
Subsec. (a)(3)(C). Pub. L. 110–177, § 205(1)(C), substituted “20 years” for “10 years”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–177, § 205(2), substituted “20 years” for “ten years” in concluding provisions.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–177, § 205(3), substituted “3 years” for “one year” in concluding provisions.
2002—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 107–273, § 3001(a)(1)(A), substituted “as provided in paragraph (3)” for “as provided in paragraph (2)” in concluding provisions.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 107–273, § 3001(a)(1)(C), added par. (2). Former par. (2) redesignated (3).
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 107–273, § 3001(a)(1)(B), (D), redesignated par. (2) as (3), added subpars. (B) and (C), and struck out former subpar. (B) which read as follows: “(B) in the case of an attempt, imprisonment for not more than twenty years.”
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–273, § 3001(a)(2), struck out “or physical force” after “intimidation” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 107–273, § 3001(c)(1), inserted “supervised release,” after “probation”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–204added subsec. (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (d).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107–204redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d). Former subsec. (d) redesignated (e).
Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 107–273, § 3001(c)(1), inserted “supervised release,” after “probation”.
Subsecs. (e) to (j). Pub. L. 107–204redesignated former subsecs. (d) to (i) as (e) to (j), respectively.
Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 107–273, § 3001(a)(3), added subsec. (k).
1996—Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 104–294inserted “and” after semicolon at end.
Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 104–214added subsec. (i).
1994—Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 103–322, § 60018, amended subpar. (A) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (A) read as follows: “(A) in the case of a killing, the punishment provided in sections 1111 and 1112 of this title; and”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(1)(U), substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $250,000” in concluding provisions.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(1)(O), substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $25,000” in concluding provisions.
1988—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–690, § 7029(c), substituted “threatens, or corruptly persuades” for “or threatens”.
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 100–690, § 7029(a), added subsec. (h).
1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–646, § 61(2), (3), added subsec. (a) and redesignated former subsec. (a) as (b).
Subsecs. (b) to (g). Pub. L. 99–646, § 61(1), (3), redesignated former subsec. (a) as (b), inserted “, delay, or prevent”, and redesignated former subsecs. (b) to (f) as (c) to (g), respectively.
Words “magistrate judge” and “United States magistrate judge” substituted for “magistrate” and “United States magistrate”, respectively, in subsec. (f)(1) pursuant to section 321 ofPub. L. 101–650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Section 9 ofPub. L. 97–291provided that:
Section 2 ofPub. L. 97–291provided that:
Section 6 ofPub. L. 97–291, as amended by Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1408(b),Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2177, provided that:
“(7) Property return.—Law enforcement agencies and prosecutor should promptly return victim’s property held for evidentiary purposes unless there is a compelling law enforcement reason for retaining it.
[Amendment of section 6 ofPub. L. 97–291by Pub. L. 98–473, set out above, effective 30 days after Oct. 12, 1984, see section 1409(a) ofPub. L. 98–473, set out as an Effective Date note under section 10601 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.]
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