State v. Lara

ANDREASEN, Justice.

In 1996 the Iowa legislature adopted a mandatory minimum sentence for certain forcible felonies, i.e., murder in the second degree, sexual abuse in the second degree, kidnapping in the second degree, and robbery in the first or second degree. 1996 Iowa Acts ch. 1151, § 3 (codified at Iowa Code § 902.12 (1997)). The legislature provided that an inmate sentenced under section 902.12 is eligible for a reduction of the sentence of one day for each day of good time but the total days which may be accumulated shall not exceed fifteen percent of the inmate’s total sentence of…