110 HR 3386 IH: Mickey Wright U.S. House of Representatives 2007-08-03 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3386 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 3, 2007 Mr. Cohen (for himself, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Gonzalez, and Mr. Arcuri) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for transporting the corpses of homicide victims across State lines with intent to prevent their use as evidence.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Mickey Wright Act.
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Transportation of homicide victim’s corpse across State lines
(a)
In general
Chapter 51 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
1153.
Transportation of homicide victim’s corpse across State lines
(a)Whoever knowingly transports or attempts to transport any portion of the corpse of a homicide victim across a State line with intent to prevent its use as evidence in a criminal prosecution related to the homicide shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for life or any term of years, or both. (b)The defendant shall serve a sentence of imprisonment imposed under this section consecutively to any sentence of imprisonment imposed in relation to the underlying homicide. (c)As used in this section the term homicide means any killing which is criminally punishable in the place it occurs.
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Clerical amendment
The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 51 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 1153. Transportation of homicide victim’s corpse across State lines. .