902.12  Minimum sentence for certain felonies -- eligibility for parole or work release.

Except as otherwise provided in section 903A.2, a person serving a sentence for conviction of the following forcible felonies shall serve one hundred percent of the maximum term of the person's sentence and shall not be released on parole or work release:

1.  Murder in the second degree in violation of section 707.3.

2.  Attempted murder in violation of section 707.11.

3.  Sexual abuse in the second degree in violation of section 709.3.

4.  Kidnapping in the second degree in violation of section 710.3.

5.  Robbery in the first or second degree in violation of section 711.2 or 711.3.

Except as otherwise provided in section 903A.2, a person serving a sentence for conviction under section 707.6A, subsection 1 or 2, shall serve one hundred percent of the maximum term of the person's sentence and shall not be released on parole or work release if the person was also convicted under section 321.261, subsection 3, based on the same facts or event that resulted in the conviction under section 707.6A, subsection 1 or 2.

Section History: Recent form

  96 Acts, ch 1151, §3; 98 Acts, ch 1007, § 1, 2; 98 Acts, ch 1088, § 3


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