DES MOINES — Rep. Dustin Hite says he usually knows where he stands on a bill after reading it.However, after reading House File 377 and hearing nearly an hour of sometimes emotional comments on it Monday, the New Sharon Republican was unsure whether he was for a proposed pathway to release for prisoners who have served at least 25 years of life sentences for Class A felonies.Under current law, unless defendants were younger than 18 at the time of committing an offense for which they were found guilty of a Class A felony, they are sentenced to life without the possibility of parole unless their sentence is commuted by the governor.HF 377 would create a process for reviewing the life sentence of a prisoner who has served at least 25 years for a Class A felony to determine whether their imprisonment should be commuted to a term of years with the possibility of parole.Those prisoners have committed the most heinous crimes.
Bill Would Create Possibility Of Parole For Class A Felons In Iowa
James Q. Lynch, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Mon, 02/15/2021 - 11:52am
Sections: u.s.
Topics: Iowa Linn County Cedar Rapids
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