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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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Senate Execution Method Bill Introduced

March 5, 2024

      On Monday March 4th, SB 534 was introduced by Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee.  It has been referred to Senate Judiciary. This bill contains the same faulty elements as HB 2782. The bill would provide for an option of hypoxia as an alternative execution method in Kansas. Hypoxia suffocates a person due to a lack of oxygen. When using a gas like nitrogen, the recent execution in Alabama shows the problems that can be associated with it. However, the bill doesn’t even specify what kind of hypoxia could be allowed. People could be suffocated by any […]

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Kansas House Judiciary Hears Death Penalty Related Bill

February 26, 2024

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 […]

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OUR RECENT POSTS

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... ]

Tree of Healing

Our Response to Murder: Revenge? Or Support and Healing?   In the 1994 Kansas legislative session, the question again arose – what should be the response to the most serious form of murder?  Prison or execution?   In response, Bill Lucero, KCADP founder and murder victim family … [ Read More... ]

Why Abolition Makes Sense

There are many practical reasons to support death penalty abolition in Kansas.    They include the following:  Cost: A 2014 study by the Kansas Judicial Council Death Penalty Advisory Committee found defense and district court costs are 3-4 times more for cases where the death … [ Read More... ]