Title 18 of the United States Code is the main criminal code of the United States federal government, setting out federal crimes and the criminal procedure that governs their prosecution in the way a state penal code does for state crimes. It was originally enacted in 1948 with four parts, Part I on crimes, Part II on criminal procedure, Part III on prisons and prisoners, and Part IV on the correction of youthful offenders, and a fifth part on the immunity of witnesses was added in 1970. Part I alone runs to 123 chapters, covering federal offenses that range from general criminal provisions through terrorism and war crimes. Unlike many state criminal codes, which lean on the Model Penal Code, Title 18 follows its own structure rather than the Model Penal Code framework.
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