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May 13, 2021
Ian Richardson, Stephen Gruber-Miller
Des Moines Register

A new Iowa law eliminates the statute of limitations to bring criminal charges for several sexual abuse-related crimes committed against minors.
“Today, Iowa stands in support of survivors of sexual violence as we become the 14th state to eliminate the statute of limitations for these heinous crimes,” Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a statement after signing the bill Wednesday.
The new law, Senate File 562, covers crimes against children under 18, including sexual abuse, incest, sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
Previously, charges for those crimes

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Governor Chet Culver and the local lawmakers agreed on improvements to Iowa’s sex offendermonitoring laws.  The governor called it a tougher, smarter way of dealing with theissue.  The measure establishes a 1-2-3 tier system and overhauls a state law banning sexoffender from living with 2,000 feet of places children gather.  It would instead prohibitoffenders from being in those facilities without prior approval.  Under the new law, only theworst offenders, in tier 3, would still be subject to the 2,000 foot living restrictions. They also would be subject to the Iowa

Newsday

Lawmakers across the country are doling out tougher punishments for sex offenders – fromsatellite tracking to the death penalty – but a handful of states are starting to ease up onpenalties in cases of youths arrested for sex. Laws enacted this year in Connecticut, Florida,Indiana and Texas, and a bill waiting for the governor’s approval in Illinois, try to draw clearerdistinctions between sexual predators and adolescents who pose less of a risk, such as those caughtin the so-called Romeo and Juliet relationships. Even when adolescents are only a few yearsapart,