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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.
Murder in Iowa law constitutes the intentional killing, under circumstances defined by law, of people within or under the jurisdiction of the U.S. state of Iowa.. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in the year 2020, the state had one of the lowest murder rates in the country.
Jason Gage (1976 – March 11, 2005) was a 29-year-old gay man who was murdered in his apartment in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. [1] [2] The murder was compared by the national press to the slaying of Matthew Shepard and prompted a push for citywide laws protecting LGBT people.
The Iowa Department of Public Safety said Gregory Showalter had been taken into custody after failing to appear at a murder trial in Ottumwa. Iowa man arrested after skipping verdict in first ...
Jason Carter, acquitted of murdering his mother in a highly publicized 2019 trail, has failed to show Iowa investigators were malicious or reckless in bringing the charge against him, a federal ...
May 27—DES MOINES — The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday upheld the murder conviction of a Promise City man, but used the decision to coach district courts on jury instructions. The court upheld ...
Sumner v. Shuman, 483 U.S. 66 (1987) – Mandatory death penalty for a prison inmate who is convicted of murder while serving a life sentence without possibility of parole is unconstitutional. Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407 (2008) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for child rape and other non-homicidal crimes against the person.
Kayla Giles' murder conviction and sentence for the 2018 slaying of her estranged husband in the presence of her children has been upheld by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal.