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KCADP Nominee Slate Announced
At the annual meeting on November 16th in Lawrence, there will be election of officers and board members for terms beginning Jan. 1, 2025. Terms are two years in length unless otherwise noted. The nominees are Officers: Vice Chair: Al Terwelp Secretary: Willmar Harder (1 year) Treasurer: Robert Sanders Board of Directors: Kelson Bohnet Celeste Dixon Bria Leigh Nelson Ron Wurtz Kenzie Borland Kevin Hill Ally Monson (1 year) The KCADP annual meeting will take place at 1 p.m. November 16th at the Big 12 Room in the KU Memorial Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd. in Lawrence. Following the annual […]
[ Read More... ]Kansas Death Penalty on Trial 2024
Often when people think of the death penalty, their minds go to individual cases. That is understandable. What cannot be forgotten however are the questions about how our law operates on a systemic scale. On Monday October 28th Judge Klapper in Wyandotte County District Court began hearing a constitutional challenge to the Kansas death penalty. This pretrial challenge is applicable to the cases of two men facing the death penalty in that county. The State Board of Indigent Defense Services, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Kansas ACLU, and attorneys from Hogan Lovells, and Ali & Lockwood are collaborating in […]
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KCADP Nominee Slate Announced
At the annual meeting on November 16th in Lawrence, there will be election of officers and board members for terms beginning Jan. 1, 2025. Terms are two years in length unless otherwise noted. The nominees are Officers: Vice Chair: Al Terwelp Secretary: Willmar Harder (1 … [ Read More... ]
Kansas Death Penalty on Trial 2024
Often when people think of the death penalty, their minds go to individual cases. That is understandable. What cannot be forgotten however are the questions about how our law operates on a systemic scale. On Monday October 28th Judge Klapper in Wyandotte County District Court began hearing a … [ Read More... ]
Herman Lindsey, Death Row Exoneree, to headline November 16th Conference!
On November 16th, Herman Lindsey, a Florida death row exoneree, will be the keynote at KCADP’s “All in for Repeal” conference in Lawrence. Conference Details: The event will begin with a brief KCADP annual business meeting at 1 p.m. followed immediately by the conference. The … [ Read More... ]
..”.the ultimate failed big government program”..
On August 14th, “Kansas’ death penalty is the ultimate failed big government program. Time to end it | Opinion” was published in the Kansas City Star and the Wichita Eagle. Authored by Senator Carolyn McGinn and Kelson Bohnet, a capital litigator and KCADP board member, the commentary … [ Read More... ]
Thirty years of the Kansas Death Penalty: It’s not Symbolic
On July 1st, the Kansas death penalty law turned thirty. As we talk with ordinary Kansans, we discover that on occasion, someone does not even know that Kansas has a death penalty law on the books. Here are some basic stats. 15 men have been sentenced to death. 9 inmates are … [ Read More... ]