The law increases the time repeat offenders will spend behind bars — at a cost.

IOWA— Iowa’s “Three Strikes” law (House File 2542) is now in effect, requiring habitual offenders convicted of three ...

Repeat felony offenders in Iowa will face steeper sentences under a pared-down "three strikes" law that passed the Legislature and is awaiting Gov. Kim Reynolds' signature. Lawmakers worked over the ...

Anyone convicted of a third felony in Iowa will spend a minimum of seven years behind bars under a law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds. Reynolds signed House File 2542 on Tuesday, June 2, in a ceremony in ...

The new Iowa law went into effect Wednesday. It increases the time repeat offenders will spend behind bars — at a cost.

Habitual offenders will now have to answer to the “three-strikes” law as House File 2542 goes into effect today. Signed into ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Three convictions. Twenty years. No exceptions. Iowa is on the verge of one of the toughest repeat-offender laws in the country. The bill is part of a larger series of ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a "three strikes" law that requires a seven-year mandatory minimum prison sentence for a person's third felony conviction. The Legislative Services Agency estimates the law ...