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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.
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.
The murder of Michelle Martinko occurred in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, on December 19, 1979. It was a cold case until 2018, when familial DNA identified a suspect 39 years after the crime who was charged, tried and convicted of her murder.
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 ...
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 ...
In October 2022, Ella’s case was featured in Dateline’s ‘Missing in America’ series. Dateline spoke with Ella’s friend Felicia Broussard, who said she last spoke with Ella on March 8, 2022.
Murder: William Hodge July 15, 1845 Robbery and Murder: Stephen Hodge Robbery and Murder: William Hinkle August 13, 1858 Murder: F. Gillick April 27, 1860 Murder: N. A. Johnson May 18, 1860 Robbery and Murder: Daniel Clifford June 19, 1860 Robbery and Murder: Benjamin McComb February 17, 1865 Murder: Chester Bellows December 16, 1887 Murder ...