Iowa Code § 901.12 : CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE — CRIMINAL CORRECTIONS — JUDGMENT AND SENTENCING PROCEDURES — Mandatory minimum sentence - parole eligibility - certain earlier drug offenses
1. Effective July 1, 2016, and notwithstanding section
124.413, a person whose sentence commenced prior to July 1, 2016, for a conviction under section
124.401, subsection 1, paragraph
"b" , who has not previously been convicted of a forcible felony, and who does not have a prior conviction under section
124.401, subsection 1, paragraph
"a",
"b", or
"c", shall first be eligible for parole or work release after the person has served one-half of the minimum term of confinement prescribed in section
124.413.
1A. Effective July 1, 2017, a person whose sentence commenced prior to July 1, 2017, for a conviction under section
124.401, subsection 1, paragraph
"c", shall not be required to serve a minimum term of confinement as prescribed in section
124.413.
2. When the board of parole considers a person for parole or work release pursuant to this section, the board shall consider all pertinent information including the person's criminal record, a validated risk assessment, and the negative impact the offense has had on the victim or other persons.
Iowa Code § 901.12
Amended by 2017 Iowa, ch 122,s 15, eff. 7/1/2017.
Amended by 2017 Iowa, ch 122,s 14, eff. 7/1/2017.
Added by 2016 Iowa, ch 1104,s 7, eff. 7/1/2016.