Iowa Governor Terry Branstad says it’s time to give judges the authority to order electronic surveillance of some of the men and women who are accused of stalking or domestic abuse in Iowa.

The governor doesn’t envision putting an electronic bracelet on every Iowan who is the subject of a “no contact” order, but he says judges should have the discretion to order it in certain cases.

There have been 253 domestic abuse homicides in Iowa in the past 19 years. Advocates for domestic abuse victims say electronic monitoring isn’t effective enough and accused abusers who are deemed a threat should be kept behind bars until trial. In addition to electronic monitoring for accused abusers, Branstad says those CONVICTED of violent sexual crimes should be required to serve out their full prison sentence, too.