Iowa Constitution
Article IV - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
§ 16 Pardons — reprieves — commutations.
The
governor shall have power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons,
after conviction, for all offences except treason and cases of
impeachment, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law. Upon
conviction for treason, he shall have power to suspend the execution of
the sentence until the case shall be reported to the general assembly at
its next meeting, when the general assembly shall either grant a pardon,
commute the sentence, direct the execution of the sentence, or grant a
further reprieve. He shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures,
under such regulations as may be prescribed by law; and shall report to
the general assembly, at its next meeting, each case of reprieve,
commutation, or pardon granted, and the reasons therefor; and also all
persons in whose favor remission of fines and forfeitures shall have
been made, and the several amounts remitted.
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