Senate
File
2093
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2093
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2007)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
class
“A”
felonies
and
life
sentences.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
902.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2020,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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1.
Upon
a
plea
of
guilty,
a
verdict
of
guilty,
or
a
special
3
verdict
upon
which
a
judgment
of
conviction
of
a
class
“A”
4
felony
may
be
rendered,
the
court
shall
enter
a
judgment
of
5
conviction
and
shall
commit
the
defendant
into
the
custody
of
6
the
director
of
the
Iowa
department
of
corrections
for
the
rest
7
of
the
defendant’s
life.
Nothing
in
the
Iowa
corrections
code
8
pertaining
to
deferred
judgment,
deferred
sentence,
suspended
9
sentence,
or
reconsideration
of
sentence
applies
to
a
class
10
“A”
felony,
and
a
person
convicted
of
a
class
“A”
felony
shall
11
not
be
released
on
parole
unless
the
governor
commutes
the
12
sentence
to
a
term
of
years.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
13
“life”
means
a
defendant’s
natural
life,
regardless
of
any
14
life-sustaining
procedures,
as
defined
in
section
144A.2,
that
15
may
be
used
on
the
defendant
during
the
defendant’s
sentence.
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EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
defines
a
life
sentence
for
purposes
of
a
class
20
“A”
felony
as
the
defendant’s
natural
life,
regardless
of
any
21
life-sustaining
procedures
that
may
be
used
on
the
defendant
22
during
the
defendant’s
sentence.
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