Congressional, Cabinet, and Supreme Court assassination: Whoever kills or conspires to kill a Member of Congress, Member-of-Congress-elect, the head or second-ranking official of certain executive branch departments, the Director or Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence or the CIA, a major Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate, a Justice of the United States, or a person nominated to be a Justice of the United States, shall be punished by death or up to life in prison.Civil rights violations: If anyone interferes with a person’s right to participate in federally protected activities, obstructs someone’s free exercise of religion, deprives someone of rights under color of law, or conspires to deprive someone of their civil rights, that person shall be subject to punishment by death or by up to life in prison, a fine, or both, if the offense results in death or if it involves kidnapping, an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill.Murder of a family member of a US official, US judge, Federal law enforcement officer: Murder of a family member of any of the above, or of any officer or employee of the United States while the officer or employee is engaged in official duties is punishable by death or life in prison.
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