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Iowa Legislature Approves Bill Setting Penalty When Speed Causes Fatality
By charguth May 7, 2021 9:56 am
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Des Moines, IA (Radio Iowa)– The Iowa House and Senate have unanimously voted to create a new crime in the state.
Representative Jon Thorup, a state trooper from Knoxville, says the bill makes serious penalty to cause a person’s death while driving at a high rate of speed.
The Iowa Sheriffs and Deputies Association says it is difficult to appropriately charge a speeding driver involved in a fatal crash if prosecutors cannot prove the driver was intoxicated or intentionally targeting someone.
The bill originally passed the house in late March and was given approval by the Senate this week.
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Bill sets new penalty for fatal wrecks involving excessive speed
The Iowa House and Senate have unanimously voted to create a new crime for driving at an excessive speed and causing someone else’s death.
Representative Jon Thorup of Knoxville, a state trooper, was the bill’s floor manager in the House.
“This bill increases the penalty for speeding 25 miles per hour or more in cases where such speeding results in the death of a human being,” Thorup said. “The penalty would become a Class C felony.”
According to the Iowa Sheriffs and Deputies Association, it’s difficult to appropriately charge a speeding driver involved in a fatal accident if prosecutors cannot prove the driver was intoxicated or intentionally targeting someone. The bill passed the House unanimously on March 23. It passed the Senate yesterday on a 48-to-zero vote.
The Iowa State House passed a “Back The Blue” bill this week, which adds protections to law enforcement officers. State Representative Jon Thorup of Knoxville, a state trooper, spoke in support of the bill, using a story about how he and Knoxville officers responded to a domestic abuse call and had to apprehend a suspect with a knife in Knoxville a few years ago.
It turned out that we were able to jump on the suspect as he was reaching for the knife. No one was stabbed or shot. We only have seconds to make these decisions out there. Attorneys, managers, have hours, weeks to decide if what we did was right or wrong, we only have a few seconds. So if we could get just a little more protection, I think it would not only encourage more people to apply for these jobs, but it would let most of us worry about knives and not worry about getting in trouble with management.”
Iowa House passes sweeping law enforcement provisions
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