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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 injection. The bill was requested by the Attorney General’s office. A hearing was held on February 15th with proponent testimony from the Attorney General’s office and KBI, the law enforcement community’s lobbyist, and several capital murder case murder victim family members. Opponent testimony was diverse—from murder victim family members, the legal […]
[ 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 panel for the first ever Justice Symposium also at Bethel. There will be breakout sessions with opportunities to explore topics like the death penalty, restorative justice and more. The Innocence Project has freed 250 people since 1995 who had been wrongfully convicted. Prior to her coming to the Innocence Project, Ms. […]
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Reexamining Justice: Healing the Harm after Homicide
Is the death penalty “the best” Kansas has to offer families who have lost loved ones to homicide? Does capital punishment address the needs of traumatized communities whose sense of safety has been violated? A recent KCADP webinar, "Reexamining Justice: How Restorative … [ Read More... ]
“Confronting Crime: Open Discussions on Public Safety and Capital Punishment”
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 … [ Read More... ]
Reexamining Justice: How Restorative Principles Can End the Death Penalty in Kansas
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 … [ Read More... ]
The Kansas Death Penalty at 29: What do the years tell us?
On July 1st, Kansas entered its twenty ninth year of a capital punishment law on the books again. Passed by the legislature and allowed by Governor Joan Finney to become law without her signature, the bill was accompanied by many hopes and promises of its supporters. “We’ll … [ Read More... ]
KCADP Address Stays the Same…for now at least!
As noted in our newsletter, KCADP is one of the many individuals and groups affected by the temporary closure of the downtown Topeka post office on May 27th. The Post Office staff indicate that for now the KCADP address will stay the same (PO Box 2065, Topeka, Kansas 66601). There is mention of … [ Read More... ]