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The Death Penalty’s Decline Continues!
Across the United States, the death penalty continues to fall out of favor with Americans in general and with juries. A majority of Americans choose life! Since 1985 the Gallup poll has asked a question about whether the death penalty or life in prison without parole “is the better penalty for murder”. For the first time ever, a majority of Americans, 60%, chose life in prison without parole compared to 36% for capital punishment. Juries and legislators are choosing life also. More states are choosing to end the death penalty. New Hampshire abolished in 2019, making it 21 states without […]
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Just 60 days into his tenure as governor of Kansas, John Carlin was forced to confront the death penalty head-on. While he had promised not to oppose its reinstatement during his campaign, he admitted that, like many, he hadn’t thought very deeply about the death penalty at that point. When freshly passed legislation authorizing executions arrived on his desk in early 1979, though, “It started to become real,” he said. On November 2nd, Governor Carlin told the full tale of his conversion from inaction to abolition hero, as people from fifteen different Kansas communities attended the KCADP annual meeting and […]
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KCADP is Thankful for you!
During this season of Thanks, we here at KCADP would like to share our Thankfulness and Appreciation for you, our Advocates! Thank you for your passion, your time, and your faithful efforts to make Kansas, a state free from executions. Together we will achieve Abolition in Kansas! … [ Read More... ]
Interfaith Prayer Service
Please join us for an Interfaith Prayer Service to remember friends and family whose lives have been lost to murder. This service will be a time to honor the lives and gifts of those taken by violence, and will include reflections by murder victims' families, prayer, music, and a candle … [ Read More... ]
Don't miss the Buhler Regional Abolition Conference!
You are invited to our Regional Abolition Conference in Buhler. Come listen to the story of Syl and Vicki Schieber, murder victim family members whose daughter, Shannon, was brutally raped and murdered in 1998. Syl and Vicki have been vocal in their opposition to the death penalty both … [ Read More... ]
2014 Annual Meeting and Abolition Summit
Mark your calendars for November 15th from 1:30pm to 3:30pm and plan to attend the 2014 KCADP Annual Meeting and Abolition Summit in the Menninger Room at the Topeka Public Library. This year’s KCADP Board Nominations are: Vice Chair - Ron Wurtz; Treasurer - Jeff Wicks; Board of … [ Read More... ]
The 2014 Abolition Conference is right around the corner!
This year we are holding three separate Regional Abolition Conferences in order to give everyone a better opportunity to attend! Check out the locations listed below and sign up to attend! You can attend one or all three, it is up to you! Kansas City Regional Abolition … [ Read More... ]