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House File 2605

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Bill Introduced: H.J. 1063
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 902.2, Code 2001, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    902.2  COMMUTATION PROCEDURE FOR CLASS "A" FELONS.
  1  4    A person who has been sentenced to life imprisonment under
  1  5 section 902.1 may, no more frequently than once every after
  1  6 ten years, make an application to the governor board of parole
  1  7 requesting a recommendation to the governor that the person's
  1  8 sentence be commuted to a term of years.  The director of the
  1  9 Iowa department of corrections may make a request to the
  1 10 governor that a person's sentence be commuted to a term of
  1 11 years at any time.  Upon receipt of a request for commutation,
  1 12 the governor shall send a copy of the request to the Iowa
  1 13 board of parole for investigation and recommendations as to
  1 14 whether the person should be considered for commutation.  The
  1 15 Upon receipt of a request for a recommendation, the board
  1 16 shall conduct an interview and investigation of the class "A"
  1 17 felon and shall make a report of its findings and
  1 18 recommendations to the governor of the person on the person's
  1 19 next annual review date.  If the board votes against
  1 20 submitting a recommendation for commutation to the governor,
  1 21 the person may reapply to the board two years after filing the
  1 22 application.  If by a majority vote, the board of parole
  1 23 recommends commutation, a report of the board's recommendation
  1 24 shall be sent to the governor for a response pursuant to
  1 25 section 914.4.  If the governor does not grant the
  1 26 recommendation, the person may reapply to the board one year
  1 27 after filing the application.
  1 28    Sec. 2.  Section 914.3, subsection 1, Code 2001, is amended
  1 29 to read as follows:
  1 30    1.  Except as otherwise provided in section 902.2, the The
  1 31 board of parole shall periodically review all applications by
  1 32 persons convicted of criminal offenses and shall recommend to
  1 33 the governor the reprieve, pardon, commutation of sentence,
  1 34 remission of fines or forfeitures, or restoration of the
  1 35 rights of citizenship for persons who have by their conduct
  2  1 given satisfactory evidence that they will become or continue
  2  2 to be law-abiding citizens.  An application by a class "A"
  2  3 felon shall be reviewed as provided in section 902.2.  
  2  4                           EXPLANATION
  2  5    This bill relates to commutation procedures for a class "A"
  2  6 felon.
  2  7    The bill and current law provide that a class "A" felon
  2  8 may, after 10 years, apply to the governor to have the
  2  9 person's sentence commuted to a term of years.  The bill
  2 10 provides that a person must first apply to the board of parole
  2 11 for commutation of a class "A" felony sentence.  Upon
  2 12 application the board of parole shall conduct an investigation
  2 13 on the person's next annual review date.
  2 14    The bill provides that if the board votes against
  2 15 recommending commutation the person may reapply to the board
  2 16 two years after applying.
  2 17    The bill provides that if the board votes for recommending
  2 18 commutation to the governor, the report of the board's
  2 19 recommendation shall be sent to the governor and the governor
  2 20 shall respond to the recommendation as provided in Code
  2 21 section 914.4.  The bill provides that if the governor does
  2 22 not grant the recommendation, the person may reapply to the
  2 23 board one year after applying.
  2 24    Current law provides that a class "A" felon may only apply
  2 25 to the governor every 10 years for a commutation of the
  2 26 sentence.  Current law also provides that the director of the
  2 27 department of corrections may request to the governor that a
  2 28 class "A" felon's sentence by commuted at any time.  
  2 29 LSB 6389YH 79
  2 30 jm/sh/8

Text: HF02604                           Text: HF02606
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