TITLE 18 USC, SECTION 242

From the DOJ website itself.

"TITLE 18, U.S.C., SECTION 242

    Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or
custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory,
Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any
rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the
Constitution or laws of the United States, ... shall be fined under
this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if
bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this
section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened
use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under
this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if
death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or
if such acts include kidnaping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated
sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an
attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for
any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
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