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    The Iowa Attorney General wrote a letter to the Iowa Board of Parole recommending that Judy White's life sentence be commuted to a term of years. He makes the case that while White was culpable, she was the least culpable of all parties involved but received the harshest punishment. He notes that the Cedar County Attorney's Office has maintained for decades that White's sentence be commuted to 30 years, which she has now served 41 years. The Attorney General also points out that White has served her time well and poses no safety risk. He believes commuting her sentence would be in the interest of justice given all the circumstances.

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    The Iowa Attorney General wrote a letter to the Iowa Board of Parole recommending that Judy White's life sentence be commuted to a term of years. He makes the case that while White was culpable, she was the least culpable of all parties involved but received the harshest punishment. He notes that the Cedar County Attorney's Office has maintained for decades that White's sentence be commuted to 30 years, which she has now served 41 years. The Attorney General also points out that White has served her time well and poses no safety risk. He believes commuting her sentence would be in the interest of justice given all the circumstances.

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    Letter of Support AG Judy White

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    The Iowa Attorney General wrote a letter to the Iowa Board of Parole recommending that Judy White's life sentence be commuted to a term of years. He makes the case that while White was culpable, she was the least culpable of all parties involved but received the harshest punishment. He notes that the Cedar County Attorney's Office has maintained for decades that White's sentence be commuted to 30 years, which she has now served 41 years. The Attorney General also points out that White has served her time well and poses no safety risk. He believes commuting her sentence would be in the interest of justice given all the circumstances.

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    THOMAS J MILLER ,1305

    E, \^/ALNUT ST.
    NT-IORNEY GFNERAL DES MOINES, IA 50319
    P:515-281-5164
    www.iowaattorney general. gov

    IOWA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


    OFTICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAT

    To: ['hailperson VIilleL and N,lcmbeL's of the l]oalcl o1'Parole

    From: Tom Miller, Attorney General of Iowa

    Date: February 28,2024

    lte: Judy White - March 5,2024 l{earing


    1would like to recommend that you vote, at your Malch 5tl' headng, to recomrnend to the
    Governor in accordance with lowa Code Chapter 902.2, that Judy White be consideled fbr the
    commutation of her life sentence to a tenn of years,

    I do not nTake tliis recommendation lightly. Indeed, this is the first such letter I have ever writtcn
    in my career,

    I would support the Governor's exercise of hel powel's under the Iowa Constitution, Articie IV,
    Sec. 16. If the Govemoi- would grant a comrnutation oi'Ms. White's sentence, at sonle point in
    the near luture you, as a Board, can exercise your" good judgment as whether to grant Judy
    palole.

    I know you al'e tholoughly tamiliar with the facts of this mattel and so I will not restate thern in
    this letter. I wiil instead make the lbllowing fbw points:

    F'irst, although by no rneans is Ms. White innocent, I think a fair reading of the facts in
    this case show that of ail the culpable palties involved, Ms. White was the least culpable,
    but has received the harshest punishment.

    Second, the Cedar County Attotney's Office has maintained their position, for decades
    now, that Ms. White's sellterce be commuted to a term of thirty years. 1 now concur with
    that request and I note that it was our office that successfully upheld her corrviction, I
    also note. as of course you know, she lras already served tbrty-one years,

    l'hird, Ms. White has served her time in prison well, helping her fbllow inrnates and the
    institution. To back this up, I am told that at least two of her lbrmer wardens, that
    supervised her for years ancl years, also support hel commr.rtation. I think that is rare.

    Fourth, although not terminally iil, Ms. White's health is failing. She has, I'm told, a
    support structure waiting for her if she were to be released, both farniliai and community
    f iends. I think it is fair to say that Ms, \Mhite poses no safety risk.
    Lastly, as the legendary Judge Learned Hand orrce said. "Justice, I thinie, is the tolerable
    accommodaticn of tlre canflicting interest o1'sr:ciety, and I dorr't believe there is any royal r.oad
    tr: attain such accomm$dations concretely." I know that this decision is a dilficult one but I hope
    you will find that if you recourmend commutation to the (iovem*r, given the totality of all of the
    circumstances in this matter, that it would be in the good and measured interest ofjustice to do
    sf).

    Thank you for your thoughtful consideration.

    .-&
    Sincerely,

    3*!P*

    Clc:Eric "l'abor. Chief Deputy


    Kevin McCalthy, First Assistart
    Jotrn l,undquist, Assistant Attorney General

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