Does Iowa have the death penalty?
Updated: 16:43 ET, May 28 2021
A VERDICT in the murder trial of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts was reached on Friday, May 28.
Cristhian Bahena Rivera - the man accused of murdering Tibbetts - was found guilty of first-degree murder by a grand jury.
Read our Mollie Tibbetts live blog for the very latest news and updates.
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Does Iowa have the death penalty?
Capital punishment in the state of Iowa has been abolished since 1965.
However, some Iowa lawmakers are trying to reinstitute the death penalty in The Hawkeye State.
The proposal would bring it back under a very limited scope, only applying to people convicted of the crime of murdering a child, sexually assaulting a child and kidnapping a child.
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