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Support for abolition in Kansas extends across the political spectrum
"Kansas criminal justice system is too imperfect to trust it with the death penalty"
Education is an important part of our mission
Some of the Kansans who have lost a loved one to homicide and who call for death penalty abolition
Lobby Day participant jotting notes on her legislative visits
Kansas religious leaders present a faith leader abolition letter with over 430 signatures to legislative allies.
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KCADP Nominee Slate Announced

November 5, 2024

At the annual meeting on November 16th in Lawrence, there will be election of officers and board members for terms beginning Jan. 1, 2025. Terms are two years in length unless otherwise noted. The nominees are Officers: Vice Chair:  Al Terwelp Secretary:  Willmar Harder (1 year) Treasurer:  Robert Sanders Board of Directors: Kelson Bohnet Celeste Dixon Bria Leigh Nelson Ron Wurtz Kenzie Borland Kevin Hill Ally Monson (1 year)   The KCADP annual meeting will take place at 1 p.m. November 16th at the Big 12 Room in the KU Memorial Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd. in Lawrence. Following the annual […]

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Kansas Death Penalty on Trial 2024

October 30, 2024

Often when people think of the death penalty, their minds go to individual cases.  That is understandable.  What cannot be forgotten however are the questions about how our law operates on a systemic scale. On Monday October 28th Judge Klapper in Wyandotte County District Court began hearing a constitutional challenge to the Kansas death penalty.  This pretrial challenge is applicable to the cases of two men facing the death penalty in that county. The State Board of Indigent Defense Services, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Kansas ACLU, and attorneys from Hogan Lovells, and Ali & Lockwood are collaborating in […]

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OUR RECENT POSTS

Kansas House Judiciary Hears Death Penalty Related Bill

HB 2782—Execution by Hypoxia+ Hearing: On February 8th the House Judiciary Committee introduced HB 2782 to provide an alternate method of execution, by infliction of hypoxia, and to also make changes in the legal process.  The bill also would make changes in who chooses the drugs for lethal … [ Read More... ]

March 1st Christina Swarns: Justice Delayed is Democracy Denied

Christina Swarns, Executive Director of the Innocence Project, will speak at the March 1st Peace Lecture at Bethel College.  The time is 7 p.m. and the location will be Memorial Hall. Her keynote title is "Justice Delayed is Democracy Denied". The next day she will participate in a keynote … [ Read More... ]

KCADP Statement on Introduction of HB 2782 –Nitrogen asphyxiation execution

"The method of execution in Kansas is not the issue.   The existence of the Kansas death penalty itself IS the issue. Kansas continues to waste taxpayer dollars, harm victim families and prison staff,  risk the lives of the innocent, and violate the morals of many Kansans for a public policy … [ Read More... ]

KCADP Members Gather for “Confronting Crime: Open Discussions on Public Safety and Capital Punishment”

                              Left to right:  Demetrius Minor, Dalton Glasscock, Michael Birzer     Saturday November 11th, KCADP members gathered in person and online to hear strong statements in support of ending Kansas' death penalty. Dalton Glasscock, newly elected Wichita … [ Read More... ]

Nominee Slate Announced!

The following persons are nominated for the KCADP Board election which will take place on November 11, 2023. Chair:  Donna Schneweis Secretary:  Pastor Willmar Harder Board of Directors:  2 year terms: Sam Allison-Natale Sr. Therese Bangert Diane Garlock Lara Giordano Michael … [ Read More... ]