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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the amendment, H-3109, to House File 2 as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 26 the 1 4 following: 1 5 "Sec. . Section 669.14, Code 1995, is amended 1 6 by adding the following new subsection: 1 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 14. A claim to compensate for 1 8 miscarriages of justice for any person innocent of any 1 9 homicidal act who is erroneously sentenced to death. 1 10 For purposes of this section, damages shall include 1 11 actual, nominal, and special damages, and may include, 1 12 but are not limited to, claims for loss of income, 1 13 consortium, medical expenses, emotional distress, loss 1 14 of enjoyment of life, and any related legal fees or 1 15 expenses. 1 16 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 669.25 LIABILITY FOR 1 17 ERRONEOUS DEATH SENTENCES. 1 18 Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to 1 19 the contrary, claims against the state which request 1 20 the payment of damages to compensate for miscarriages 1 21 of justice for any person innocent of any homicidal 1 22 act who is erroneously sentenced to death shall be 1 23 permitted and may be filed directly in the district 1 24 court of the state of Iowa for the district in which 1 25 the plaintiff is resident or in which the act or 1 26 omission occurred." 1 27 #2. By renumbering and correcting internal 1 28 references as necessary. 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 BERNAU of Story 1 33 1 34 1 35 1 36 MASCHER of Johnson 1 37 1 38 1 39 1 40 BRAND of Benton 1 41 1 42 1 43 1 44 KOENIGS of Mitchell 1 45 1 46 1 47 1 48 CONNORS of Polk 1 49 1 50 2 1 2 2 HOLVECK of Polk 2 3 HF 2.340 76 2 4 lh/cf
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