The Kansas death penalty has been ‘on trial’ before Judge Bill Klapper in Wyandotte District Court since late October 2024. The State Board of Indigent Defense Services, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Kansas ACLU, and attorneys from Hogan Lovells, and Ali & Lockwood filed a constitutional challenge on behalf of two men who were charged with capital murder in … [Read more...] about Judge Klapper cites critical flaws with Kansas’ death penalty
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2025 Death Penalty Repeal Legislation Introduced!
HB 2272, by Representatives Schreiber, Ballard, Carmichael, Osman, Sutton and Wasinger, was introduced on February 5th. It has been referred to House Judiciary. SB 245 was introduced through Senate Judiciary Committee. It has been referred to Senate Judiciary Committee. Both bills would end the death penalty for aggravated murders happening on or after July 1, 2025. … [Read more...] about 2025 Death Penalty Repeal Legislation Introduced!
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 … [Read more...] about Kansas Death Penalty on Trial 2024
..”.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 highlights several ways the Kansas death penalty fails … [Read more...] about ..”.the ultimate failed big government program”..
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 currently under death sentence. 4 of the death sentenced inmates were resentenced … [Read more...] about Thirty years of the Kansas Death Penalty: It’s not Symbolic