You mean causing the death of a LEO or other officer (sheriff’s deputy, fire fighter, state trooper, etc.) isn’t an automatic capital murder offense in Iowa? It is in Texas.
There’s no death penalty in Iowa. I believe Iowa was one of the first states to end capital punishment, but restored it until the ‘60s.
Why are police lives and government employee lives more valuable than the lives of everyone else? Shouldn't we also treat ALL murderers the same? Here in Atlanta a couple of colorful youts lured a pizza delivery driver to their apartment and then robbed and killed him. The lawyers for the younger one are saying that "all he did" was order the pizza , but both of the youts were posing on facebook with the gun a couple of hours befo de robbery. Shouldn't they get an automatic death sentence also? (My opinion is that they should)
I just don't understand why some citizens' lives are considered more valuable than others.
*Also federal government employees