§ 753
Rescue to prevent execution
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
Whoever, by force, sets at liberty or rescues any person found guilty in any court of the United States of any capital crime, while going to execution or during execution, shall be or imprisoned not more than twenty-five years, or both.
History: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 735 (PDF, 39 MB); Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(O), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148 (PDF, 52 MB).)
Simplified explanation
It is a federal crime to use force to free or rescue a person convicted of a capital crime (one punishable by death) in a federal court while that person is going to, or during, their execution.