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Rape laws vary across the United States jurisdictions. ... Iowa Code § 709.2 Life without parole (parole eligibility if the defendant was a juvenile)
Each state has its own laws concerning sexual aggression, some laws from the founding of the US and during the 1950s were based in racial discrimination against black people, in labelling consensual sex between a black man and white woman rape, [96] and the fact that rape laws at the time did not apply when the victim was a black woman. [97]
Iowa AG Brenna Bird's audit of victim services is not yet finished. The pause on compensation for rape victims' morning-after pills remains in effect.
The Iowa attorney general’s office said Friday it will resume emergency contraception funding for victims of sexual assault but end the rare practice of reimbursing victims for abortions.
Forty-five men were executed by hanging in Iowa between 1834 and 1963 for crimes including murder, rape, and robbery. [1] The first time that Iowa abolished the death penalty was in 1872, as a result of anti-death sentiment in the state, much due to Quaker, Unitarian and Universalist religious sentiment.
The Iowa attorney general’s office said it is still working on an audit of its victim services that has held up emergency contraception funding for victims of sexual assault. Attorney General ...
Jetseta Marrie Gage (August 25, 1994 – March 24, 2005) was an American child whose kidnapping, rape and murder prompted major changes in sentencing laws for those who commit child sex crimes in Iowa. Roger Bentley, a convicted sex offender and friend of Gage's family, was arrested in connection with 10-year-old Jetseta's death.
The University of Iowa has announced that it plans to close the Rape Victim Advocacy Program, RVAP, and says its services will be absorbed by the Domestic Violence Intervention Program ...