A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision affecting how defendants are sentenced under Colorado's "three-strikes" law does not ...

People convicted of a third felony in Iowa would face a mandatory seven-year prison sentence before they would be eligible ...

I write in reply to the recent Des Moines Register editorial opposing passage of House File 2542, a bill that would provide longer sentences for those who commit three or more of certain types of ...

Repeat offenders convicted of multiple serious crimes would receive mandatory 20-year prison sentences under a bill House lawmakers passed. House lawmakers debated for more than an hour about high ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Three convictions. Twenty years. No exceptions. Iowa is on the verge of one of the toughest repeat-offender laws in the country. The bill is part of a larger series of ...

DES MOINES — Habitual offenders would face longer sentences and the state would implement tighter bail standards under a slate of bills passed by Iowa House lawmakers Wednesday. The measures are aimed ...

Iowans who commit multiple serious crimes would face a mandatory 20-year prison sentence under a "three strikes" bill passed by House lawmakers. Republicans said the bill would keep Iowans safe and ...