BLEEDING HEARTLAND: Death penalty not returning to Iowa anytime soon
Originally posted on April 2
A proposal to reinstate capital punishment was among the bills that did not clear the Iowa legislature’s second “funnel” before the March 31 deadline.
Comments from key Iowa House Republicans make clear the bill is not only doomed for the 2023 legislative session, but for the foreseeable future.
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