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

March 7, 2023

The growing Kansas legislative support for abolition was clear with the introduction of HB 2349 and SB 211 in February. In the House, Rep. Mark Schreiber and thirty three of his House colleagues sponsored HB 2349.  Those co-sponsoring Representatives are: Amyx, Ballard, Blew, Carmichael, Concannon, Curtis, Donohoe, Eplee, Featherston, Haskins, Haswood, Highberger, Hoye, V. Miller, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Osman, Poskin, Probst, Robinson, S. Ruiz, Sawyer, Sawyer Clayton, Schlingensiepen, A. Smith, Stogsdill, Sutton, Vaughn, Wasinger, Winn, Woodard, Xu and Younger.   The Senate legislation, SB 211 has Senator Carolyn McGinn as lead sponsor and thirteen co-sponsoring Senators: Bowers, Dietrich, Doll, Faust Goudeau, Francisco, […]

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Kansas Death Penalty on Trial

February 2, 2023

The Kansas death penalty is being put on trial in a Sedgwick County capital murder case with a special set of hearings February 6 through 8. Kyle Young, an African American man, is charged with capital murder in the January 22, 2020 deaths of Alicia Roman and George Kirksey.  He faces the death penalty if convicted.   His attorneys have filed a pretrial challenge to the Kansas death penalty.  Their motion indicates that the Kansas death penalty violates the Kansas and US Constitutions in 3 ways: It violates the rights of a capital defendant to a fair and impartial jury. […]

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OUR RECENT POSTS

Retired Kansas Secretary of Corrections Werholtz: "It’s time to end the death penalty".

Retired Kansas Secretary of Corrections, Roger Werholtz, has spoken out recently twice in support of death penalty abolition. He served as Secretary of Corrections in Kansas for 8 years, as well as interim director in the Colorado Department of Corrections in 2013. He told the October 21st … [ Read More... ]

McIntyre case gives reason to pause

On Oct. 13th, after proceedings in Wyandotte County District court, Lamonte McIntyre was released from custody after serving 23 years on charges of murdering two persons.  The District Attorney agreed to the release calling it a case of "manifest injustice".  McIntyre became the second person … [ Read More... ]

Not in MY Name!

Celeste Dixon was originally a weak supporter of the death penalty. She lost her mom, Marguerite, to murder in Texas. What kept her going after her mom’s death was the promise of a trial and that they were seeking the death penalty. Celeste attended the trial every day because she wanted the … [ Read More... ]

2017 Nominee Slate Announced

The Nominee Slate for this year's annual meeting has been announced. Officer Nominees term ending 2019: Donna Schneweis - Chair Robert Sanders- Secretary Board of Directors term ending 2019: Current directors: Sister Therese Bangert LaGretia Copp Dalton Glasscock New director: Micah … [ Read More... ]

Register today for the 2017 Abolition Conference!

Join us at this informative conference! Register today by emailing info@ksabolition.org or by leaving a message at 785-235-2237. … [ Read More... ]