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In 1846, the Chief Justice of the Iowa Territorial Supreme Court, Charles Mason, founded the Iowa Anti-Capital Punishment and Prison Discipline Society, which campaigned for the death penalty to be abolished. The Society supported a bill in 1847 to replace mandatory capital punishment for murder with discretionary (giving the jury the choice ...
Offense Mandatory Sentencing Second Degree Murder Any term of years or life imprisonment without parole (There is no federal parole, U.S. sentencing guidelines offense level 38: 235–293 months with a clean record, 360 months–life with serious past offenses)
Honken grew up in Britt, Iowa. [3] His father, Jim Honken, was an alcoholic schemer who was allegedly neglectful. Honken reported in his pre-sentence investigation that his father struck him numerous times during his childhood, although he denied that his father was physically abusive and maintained that the emotional turmoil in his early life mostly stemmed from his father's alcoholism.
The sentencing of the man convicted of murdering the University of Iowa student was delayed after the defense accused prosecutors of failing to disclose a separate investigation.
Criminal procedure: 372 U.S. 335 (1963) right to counsel Douglas v. California: 372 U.S. 353 (1963) Fourteenth Amendment; right of poor defendants to criminal court appeals Gray v. Sanders: 372 U.S. 368 (1963) state county districts must conform to "one person, one vote" Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee: 372 U.S. 539 (1963)
When Iowa criminal defendants are found not competent for trial, that doesn't mean their cases are over. In fact, it can be just the beginning of a long ordeal. Mentally ill Iowans are spending ...
DES MOINES, Iowa- Over two dozen families in Central Iowa are now facing prosecution under a new law that standardizes attendance requirements across the state. The new truancy law was signed in ...
The Iowa Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Iowa.The Court is composed of a chief justice and six associate justices. The Court holds its regular sessions in Des Moines in the Iowa Judicial Branch Building located at 1111 East Court Avenue on the state Capitol grounds, south of the Iowa State Capitol.