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“Confronting Crime: Open Discussions on Public Safety and Capital Punishment”

September 26, 2023

      Register today  for “Confronting Crime: Open Discussions on Public Safety and Capital Punishment”. This is KCADP’s Annual Meeting and Abolition  Conference. The location will be FireWorx, 500 S. Topeka St, Wichita, KS. Date is November 11th, 2023.  Time 1 to 3 p.m. Speakers:    Demetrius Minor of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty    Dalton Glasscock, former Chair Sedgwick County Republican Party    Michael Birzer, Professor and Graduate Coordinator in the School of Criminal Justice at WSU. This is a great opportunity to hear diverse voices speak on the issue of the death penalty and public safety. […]

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Reexamining Justice: How Restorative Principles Can End the Death Penalty in Kansas

August 23, 2023

  Speakers are Todd Lehman and Celeste Dixon.   Mr. Lehman is the Executive Director of Offender Victim Ministries of Kansas.  Ms. Dixon is a Kansas resident whose mother Marguerite was murdered in Texas.  The person charged with the murder was convicted and sentenced to death and ultimately executed.   Our panelists for this event will explore the question of justice in regards to homicide and what insights can be learned from re-examining justice in light of restorative principles.  How does the death penalty compound the loss experienced by the family of the murder victim?  Could restorative principles along with […]

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OUR RECENT POSTS

Board Nominees

The following persons comprise the nominee slate to be presented to the KCADP Annual Meeting on November 2nd in Manhattan. All nominations are for two years. Chair: Donna SchneweisSecretary: Meryl Carver-Allmond Directors: Sr. Therese Bangert, Al Terwelp, Rev. Michael Poage, Diane Garlock, … [ Read More... ]

Make a Difference: Join the Journey to End the Death Penalty November 2nd

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All Roads Lead to Manhattan on November 2nd

"Make a Difference: Join the Journey to End the Death Penalty" is the title of the 2019 KCADP Annual Meeting and Abolition Conference. It will be held on Saturday November 2nd from 1 to 4 p.m. at the KSU Union, Bluemont Room. Keynote speaker is former Governor John Carlin. During his tenure as … [ Read More... ]

Save the Date!

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“The death penalty has no place in Kansas”

2018 Abolition Conference panelists:  (left to right)  Bob Weeks, Floyd Bledsoe, Richard Ney   “The Kansas criminal justice system is too imperfect to trust it with the death penalty.  I know from spending over 16 years in a Kansas prison for a murder I didn’t commit until DNA … [ Read More... ]