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House Journal: Page 535: Thursday, February 23, 1995

15   5, paragraph "b".
16     c.  Which mitigating circumstances were established
17   and were considered in reaching the verdict returned
18   on the issue specified in subsection 5, paragraph
19   "b"."
20     2.  Page 13, by inserting after line 8 the
21   following:
22     "   .  Concurrently with the return of the findings
23   on the issues submitted under subsection 5, the jury,
24   or the court if there is no jury, shall return special
25   verdicts as follows:
26     a.  Which of the factor, or factors, enumerated in
27   section 902.12, has been unanimously found to have
28   been established beyond a reasonable doubt.
29     b.  Which aggravating circumstances were
30   established and were considered in reaching the
31   verdict returned on the issue specified in subsection
32   3, paragraph "b".
33     c.  Which mitigating circumstances were established
34   and were considered in reaching the verdict returned
35   on the issue specified in subsection 3, paragraph
36   "b"."
37     3.  By renumbering and correcting internal
38   references as necessary.
Amendment H-3185 was adopted.
Brand of Benton offered the following amendment H-3179, to the
committee amendment H-3109, filed by Brand, et. al., and moved
its adoption:
H-3179
 1     Amend the amendment, H-3109, to House File 2 as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 9, by inserting after line 1 the
 4   following:
 5     "Sec. 101.  NEW SECTION.  902.1A  CLASS "A" FELONY.
 6     Upon a plea of guilty, a verdict of guilty, or a
 7   special verdict upon which a judgment of conviction of
 8   a class "A" felony may be rendered, the court shall
 9   enter a judgment of conviction and shall commit the
10   defendant into the custody of the director of the Iowa
11   department of corrections until the defendant's death.
12   Nothing in the Iowa corrections code pertaining to
13   deferred judgment, deferred sentence, suspended
14   sentence, or reconsideration of sentence applies to a
15   class "A" felony, and a person convicted of a class
16   "A" felony shall not be released on parole unless the
17   governor commutes the sentence to a term of years."
18     2.  Page 9, by inserting after line 13 the
19   following:
20     "Sec. 102.  NEW SECTION.  902.2A  RECORD OF CLASS
21   "A" FELON REVIEWED.
22     The board shall interview a class "A" felon within

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