Iowa is on the verge of one of the toughest repeat-offender laws in the country.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Repeat offenders convicted of multiple serious crimes would receive mandatory 20-year prison sentences under a bill House ...

This editorial by Lucas Grundmeier represents the views of the Register's editorial board. The premise of Iowa lawmakers' push for a new "three strikes" criminal sentencing law sounds reasonable ...

I write in reply to the recent Des Moines Register editorial opposing passage of House File 2542, a bill that would provide longer sentences for those who commit three or more of certain types of ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Michael Smith, the man convicted in the shooting death of Cheyenne Johnson, will spend the rest of his life in prison as a result of West Virginia’s “three strikes” law. Kanawha ...

DES MOINES — Habitual offenders would face longer sentences and the state would implement tighter bail standards under a slate of bills passed by Iowa House lawmakers Wednesday. The measures are aimed ...

The “three strikes” bill now making its way through the Iowa Legislature would create a 20-year mandatory minimum prison sentence for “habitual offenders,” even those convicted of non-violent and ...

Iowans who commit multiple serious crimes would face a mandatory 20-year prison sentence under a "three strikes" bill passed by House lawmakers. Republicans said the bill would keep Iowans safe and ...

Repeat offenders convicted of multiple serious crimes would receive mandatory 20-year prison sentences under a bill House lawmakers passed. House lawmakers debated for more than an hour about high ...