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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 902.2, Code 1995, is amended by
  1  2 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    902.2  COMMUTATION PROCEDURE FOR CLASS "A" FELONS.
  1  5    A person who has been sentenced to life imprisonment under
  1  6 section 902.1, may, no more frequently than once every ten
  1  7 years, make an application to the governor requesting that the
  1  8 person's sentence be commuted to a term of years.  The
  1  9 director of the Iowa department of corrections may make a
  1 10 request to the governor that a person's sentence be commuted
  1 11 to a term of years at any time.  Upon receipt of a request for
  1 12 commutation, the governor shall send a copy of the request to
  1 13 the Iowa board of parole for investigation and recommendations
  1 14 as to whether the person should be considered for commutation.
  1 15 The board shall conduct an interview of the class "A" felon
  1 16 and shall make a report of its findings and recommendations to
  1 17 the governor.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  Section 914.2, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  1 19 follows:
  1 20    914.2  RIGHT OF APPLICATION.
  1 21    A Except as otherwise provided in section 902.2, a person
  1 22 convicted of a criminal offense has the right to make
  1 23 application to the board of parole for recommendation or to
  1 24 the governor for a reprieve, pardon, commutation of sentence,
  1 25 remission of fines or forfeitures, or restoration of rights of
  1 26 citizenship at any time following the conviction.
  1 27    Sec. 3.  Section 914.3, subsection 1, Code 1995, is amended
  1 28 to read as follows:
  1 29    1.  The Except as otherwise provided in section 902.2, the
  1 30 board of parole shall periodically review all applications by
  1 31 persons convicted of criminal offenses and shall recommend to
  1 32 the governor the reprieve, pardon, commutation of sentence,
  1 33 remission of fines or forfeitures, or restoration of the
  1 34 rights of citizenship for persons who have by their conduct
  1 35 given satisfactory evidence that they will become or continue
  2  1 to be law-abiding citizens.  
  2  2 SF 398
  2  3 lh/cc/26
     
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