The provisions of the Iowa code of criminal procedure shall be liberally construed to give effect to the general purposes thereof, which shall be to provide for: 1. Simplicity in criminal procedure. 2. Fairness in administration of the criminal laws. 3. Elimination of unjustifiable delay in pretrial, trial,and post-trial proceedings. 4. Just determination of every criminal proceeding by a fairand impartial trialand review. 5. Theeffective apprehension and trialof persons suspectedof committing public offenses without violation of fundamental human rights.
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