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Adds a new federal rule saying a homicide prosecution may proceed regardless of how much time passed between the act (or failure to act) that caused a person’s death and the victim’s actual death. It also updates the Title 18 table of contents to list the new provision.
The change removes any temporal barrier to bringing federal homicide charges based solely on the interval between the causative conduct and the victim’s death, leaving other legal requirements (causation, proof beyond a reasonable doubt, due process) in place.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced February 13, 2025 by Thomas P. TIFFANY · Last progress February 13, 2025