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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Iowa from 1834 to 1963. Capital punishment was abolished in Iowa in 1965. [1] 45 people were executed in Iowa from 1834-1963, all by hanging. [2] In 2020, a man from Iowa, Dustin Lee Honken, was federally executed at USP Terre Haute by lethal injection. [3]
Death row inmates who have exhausted their appeals by county. An inmate is considered to have exhausted their appeals if their sentence has fully withstood the appellate process; this involves either the individual's conviction and death sentence withstanding each stage of the appellate process or them waiving a part of the appellate process if a court has found them competent to do so.
The federal government of the United States executed ten people in 2020, ending a hiatus on federal executions which had lasted for over 17 years. State executions dropped significantly in 2020 compared to previous years, primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. [2]
The United States has executed 23 men this year, with six of those executions coming during one remarkable 11-day period. At least two more executions are scheduled before the end of the year.
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Anti-death penalty activists have taken the prospect seriously, pointing to the 13 people executed in the last seven months of Trump’s first term after then-Attorney General Bill Barr revived ...
The total number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the state increased to 22. [5] March 25 – Number of cases in Iowa reached 145, and one fatality reported in Dubuque County. [6] March 26 – Governor expanded upon previous COVID-19 disaster proclamations to halt non-essential surgeries, and non-emergency dental appointments. [7] [8]
Between 1988 — when the modern federal death penalty was instituted — and the 2021 moratorium, nearly half of all federal death sentences and 10 of the 16 people executed for federal crimes ...