• Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
btn-234-donate
btn-204-donate
kscadp-header-small
btn-768-donate
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • Board
    • Abolition Endorsing Groups
    • Contact
  • EVENTS
  • NEWS
    • KS Death Penalty
    • Law Enforcement
    • KCADP Member
  • TAKE ACTION
    • Faith Leader
    • Writers Bureau
    • Contact Legislators
  • INFO
    • Fact Sheets – Handouts
    • Death Row
    • Kansas Laws
  • VOICES
    • Voices of Kansas
    • Stories of Innocence
    • Kansas Abolitionists

Abolitionists Gather in Topeka to Commemorate 18th Anniversary of the Kansas Death Penalty

April 22, 2012

 

On April 23rd, 1994, the Kansas Death Penalty was re-instated without the signature of then-Governor Joan Finney.  A group of abolitionists, many of whom are still involved with the struggle to repeal the death penalty had been fasting for 10 days before the 23rd, hoping their presence would encourage Gov. Finney to veto the legislation.

 

The day after the death penalty became law, members of the group gathered at a home in Topeka to plant a cottonwood tree as a symbol of non-violent opposition to state-sponsored executions.  Every year since, on April 23rd, people gather around the “Tree of Healing” to commemorate the day and re-dedicate themselves to the campaign against the death penalty.  This year 11 abolitionists came for the event.

 

Attendees at the 2012 Tree of Healing Gathering

 

 

Filed Under: KCADP Member News

Primary Sidebar

  • JOIN KCADP
  • CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATOR
  • VOICES OF KANSAS
  • STORIES OF INNOCENCE

RECENT POSTS

Tree of Healing

April 29, 2023

Why Abolition Makes Sense

March 7, 2023

48 Legislators Sign on to Kansas Abolition Legislation!!!!

March 7, 2023

Kansas Death Penalty on Trial

February 2, 2023

KCADP Statement In Response To US Supreme Court Ruling In The Carr Appeals

January 9, 2023
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 51
  • Next »

Footer

More Information

  • Featured (36)
  • Kansas Cases (16)
  • Kansas Voices (20)
  • KCADP Member News (31)
  • KCADP Member Updates (7)
  • Law Enforcement (4)
  • News (122)
  • Newsletter (13)
  • Uncategorized (1)
  • Updates (86)
  • Victim Voices (21)

Social

FacebookFacebook

Twitter

LinkedIn

CONTACT

Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty
PO Box 2065
Topeka, KS 66601
785.235.2237
info@ksabolition.org

Copyright © 2023 · Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Web Care by NexLynx