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| Iowa lawmakers toughen penalties for kidnapping a child |
| By wcfcourier.com- James Lynch |
| Published: 02/26/2014 |
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DES MOINES | State lawmakers took action Tuesday intended to toughen penalties for kidnapping a minor in Iowa in the wake of a high-profile case last year where a man freed from prison abducted two girls and killed one of the victims before hanging himself. Iowa senators, on separate 50-0 votes, passed a pair of bills drafted in the memory of slain Dayton teenager Kathlynn Shepard that would expand the definition and penalties for kidnapping and would allow authorities to consider the content of sealed juvenile records when sentencing sexually violent predators. The House concurred, approving House File 2253 94-3. The bill differed somewhat from Senate File 2201, including the elimination of the earned time credit for people who kidnap a minor and commit a felony of a violent or sexual nature. Read More. |
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