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Feb 21, 2023 · Lawmakers who support reinstating the death penalty argued with opponents Tuesday over whether capital punishment is more likely to save or cost innocent lives. Senate File 14 would reinstate capital punishment in Iowa in cases where a minor is kidnapped, raped and murdered. It moved out of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday on a 10-8 vote.
Jan 30, 2024 · By Conner Hendricks. Published: Jan. 29, 2024 at 8:42 PM PST. DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Television Iowa Capitol Bureau) - Iowa abolished the death penalty in 1965, but some lawmakers want to bring it ...
Jan 29, 2024 · State senators gave initial approval Monday to a bill that would bring back the death penalty in Iowa for first-degree murder cases where a person intentionally murders a police officer or prison employee. Senate Study Bill 3085 is one of two bills to be discussed this session to reinstate capital punishment in Iowa. It passed a three-member ...
DES MOINES — A slow-moving crush of Senate committees working Thursday to beat an eligibility deadline claimed a GOP measure that sought to reinstate capital punishment in Iowa.
Jan 30, 2024 · Polling conducted by the Des Moines Register shows a majority of Iowans support capital punishment in some instances. When last included in the Iowa Poll in 2018, 58% of Iowa adults said they ...
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Jan 27, 2021 · Updated: 7:25 PM CST January 26, 2021. DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa lawmakers proposed a bill that would allow death sentences for people convicted of murdering a child after raping them. It's been almost six decades since Iowa last executed a state prisoner, but a group of Republican senators feels one crime in particular merits a death sentence.
Jan 15, 2021 · Several crime victims and their advocates joined more than a dozen other Iowans who spoke Thursday against a legislative proposal to reinstate the death penalty in Iowa. Clinton native Christy ...
