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Letters to the Editor Supporting Death Penalty Repeal

Over the weekend, two great letters to the editor about replacing the death penalty were printed in Kansas newspapers. Sidney Brush, of Wichita, wrote to the Wichita Eagle about the high cost of the death penalty law that has been in effect for 17 years. Click here to read Brush's Letter to the Editor. Kirby Hayes, of Lawrence, wrote to the Lawrence Journal World, … [Read more...] about Letters to the Editor Supporting Death Penalty Repeal

Bess Klassen-Landis to Speak in Central Kansas

This summer KCADP is helping to sponsor four FREE speaking events in central Kansas. In late June, Bess Klassen-Landis, whose mother was brutally murdered in 1969, will be speaking to communities in central Kansas about the power of forgiveness. Bess was able to overcome her own Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms by forgiving her mother’s murderer and now tours the … [Read more...] about Bess Klassen-Landis to Speak in Central Kansas

Victim Voices: Marilyn J. Trechter "My Own Journey As an Abolitionist"

TO ACT JUSTLY, TO LOVE MERCY AND TO WALK HUMBLY My Own Journey As An Abolitionist by Marilyn J. Trechter My own journey toward abolition actually began on April 4, 1968.  On the day before my sixteenth birthday, Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered. What impressed me was that I was so saddened by the riots that occurred as a response to the murder.  This man was an Apostle … [Read more...] about Victim Voices: Marilyn J. Trechter "My Own Journey As an Abolitionist"

A Solemn Anniversary

April 23rd marks the 17th anniversary of the reinstatement of Kansas’ death penalty.  Prior to 1994, Kansas had been a death penalty free state since the 1970s. Though Kansas has not executed an inmate under the current law, the same problems that led 16 other states to abolish the death penalty are gathering greater notice in Kansas. We already know that the Kansas death … [Read more...] about A Solemn Anniversary