A person who has been sentenced to life imprisonment under section 902.1 may, no more
frequently than once every ten years, make an application to the governor requesting that
the person’s sentence be commuted to a term of years. The director of the Iowa department
of corrections may make a request to the governor that a person’s sentence be commuted to
a term of years at any time. Upon receipt of a request for commutation, the governor shall
send a copy of the request to the Iowa board of parole for investigation and recommendations
as to whether the person should be considered for commutation. The board shall conduct an
interview of the class “A” felon and shall make a report of its findings and recommendations
to the governor.
[S13, §5718-a18; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3786; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §247.5;
C79, 81, §902.2]
95 Acts, ch 128, §1
Referred to in §903A.2, 914.2, 914.3
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Notes of Decisions
State of Iowa v. Jeffrey K. Ragland, 836 N.W.2d 107 (Iowa 2013).
· cites it 6× “§ 902.2. This procedure involves referring the matter to the Iowa Board of Parole before the Governor can commute.”
Snodgrass v. Robinson, 512 F.3d 999 (8th Cir. 2008).
· cites it 5× “Iowa Code § 902.2 (2007). At the time of Snodgrass’s offense and conviction, the Iowa Code provided that the Board was to interview class A felons within five years of their incarceration “and regularly thereafter.”
State v. Bentley, 757 N.W.2d 257 (Iowa 2008).
· cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 902.2 ; Iowa Admin. Code r. 205-14.”
Lyon v. State, 404 N.W.2d 580 (Iowa Ct. App. 1987).
· cites it 12× “2 provides that within five years of the class "A" felon's confinement, the parole board shall interview such felon.”
Kris Kolzow v. State of Iowa, 813 N.W.2d 731 (Iowa 2012).
· cites it 2× “1, earned time “shall be credited against the inmate’s sentence if the life sentence is commuted to a term of years under section 902.2”). We agree. No specific statute contemplates commutation of a special sentence; however, the governor retains a general power of commutation…”
Hatter v. Warden, Iowa Men's Reformatory, 734 F. Supp. 1505 (N.D. Iowa 1990).
· cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 902.2 (1989). Consequently, it is possible that petitioner will not spend the rest of his life in prison.”
Cartee v. Brewer, 265 N.W.2d 730 (Iowa 1978).
“(For these procedures, see generally Iowa Code [1977 Supplement], Chapters 901-909, and in particular Chapter 906 and §§ 902.2, 902.6, 902.7, 902.8, 903.3, 907.”
Troy P. Shearon v. Iowa Bd. of Parole (Iowa Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 24× “Iowa Code § 902.2 (2011). Shearon filed an application for postconviction relief on August 16, 2010, claiming the amendment to section 902.”
Sherryl Snodgrass v. Elizabeth Robinson (8th Cir. 2008).
· cites it 5× “Iowa Code § 902.2 (2007). At the time of Snodgrass’s offense and conviction, the Iowa Code provided that the Board was to interview class A felons within five years of their incarceration “and regularly thereafter.”
Commonwealth v. Mattis (Mass. 2024).
“Iowa Code § 902.2 . Hawaii obligates the parole board to submit an application to its Governor to commute the sentence to one permitting parole after twenty years.”
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