What a horrible thing your community has witnessed.
Thanks for posting this so the rest of the world will know what we've been watching unfold this past week.
But it won't happen because Iowa does not have the death penalty. You can blame the Ds and Rs on this one, and it is all politics. The Ds of course don't want it, for whatever their twisted reasoning.
The Rs had their chances to enact it, but it serves their purposes better as a campaign issue. The death penalty is approved by a majority of Iowans, however, as long as it remains that way, and the Rs don't get it passed, they can use it as a campaign issue. "My D opponent is opposed to the death penalty, blah, blah. If elected, I will vote to begin the death penalty in Iowa, blah, blah." And since that is popular with the people, the Rs can keep saying it as long as they don't actually ever pass it.
Yes you can call me cynical.