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Jul 25, 2019 · Iowa man faces death penalty in December after halt on capital punishmentSubscribe to KCCI on YouTube now for more: http://bit.ly/QY3wuMGet more Des Moines n...
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Mar 29, 2022 · Oklahoma has the highest number of executions per capita of any state in the US. It’s executed 116 people over the last 50 years. We talked to an inmate about what it’s like to be sentenced to...
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Apr 19, 2024 · Capital punishment is one of the most polarizing practices in the United States. Meet an executioner, a person fighting for justice, and parents with a tragic fate, in this documentary...
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Feb 21, 2023 · 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. Two Republicans, Sens. Jeff Taylor and Lynn Evans, voted against the legislation alongside the six Democrats.
Capital punishment has been abolished in Iowa since 1965. Forty-five men were executed by hanging in Iowa between 1834 and 1963 for crimes including murder, rape, and robbery.
Apr 2, 2023 · A proposal to reinstate capital punishment was among the bills that did not clear the Iowa legislature’s second “funnel” before the March 31 deadline. Comments from key Iowa House Republicans make clear the bill is not only doomed for the 2023 legislative session, but for the foreseeable future.
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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.
