Thank you to everyone who came yesterday to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the death penalty and invited others to attend. We had a great turnout from KCADP’s membership! Now we’re turning our attention to another critical hearing this coming week. On Tuesday, January 21, the Senate Judiciary Committee will consider the death penalty again at a hearing … [Read more...] about Action Alert: SB 257 Could Threaten Innocent Lives!
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Thank you Vicki Schieber!
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Annual Abolition Conference, as well as, Vicki's other speaking events at Benedictine College and Pittsburg State University! KCADP would like to especially Thank to Vicki Schieber and family for making the trip to Kansas! Also, don't forget to click here and download all the materials presented at the Abolition Conference! … [Read more...] about Thank you Vicki Schieber!
Why I Oppose the Death Penalty–Will Stewart Starks
Will Stewart-Starks is just one of many Kansans who are opposed to the death penalty. Will is the Kansas State Chair of Young Americans for Liberty, and he is concerned with issues of innocence, cost and morality. Watch the video below to hear Will talk about why he thinks Kansas should replace the death penalty with life without … [Read more...] about Why I Oppose the Death Penalty–Will Stewart Starks
Spotlight on an Abolitionist: George Weeks
George Weeks, a KCADP volunteer from Pittsburg, was featured in the Pittsburg Morning Sun this week. George says that he always "leaned against" the death penalty, but in the last three years he has become much more supportive of abolition. Issues like the cost of the death penalty, the harmful effects for the families of murder victims, and … [Read more...] about Spotlight on an Abolitionist: George Weeks
Big News for Repeal
On Friday the Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill repealing Maryland’s death penalty! The bill already passed the Maryland State Senate, so all that’s left is for Governor O’Malley to add his signature. This will make Maryland the 18th state without the death penalty. This is a huge moment for abolition work, because it signals yet again that the … [Read more...] about Big News for Repeal