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Salina Journal Ponders Death Versus Dollars
An editorial in the Salina Journal of January 4, 2010 discusses the fact that Kansas lawmakers will start talking about eliminating the death penalty this month, but the debate will not be based on moral perspectives. Rather, they will be about money. Editor and Publisher Tom Bell says it is sad … [ Read More... ]
Victim Voices: Sue Norton
"The execution of Robert Knighton in 2003 was another crisis in my life, another trauma to heal from. He had been convicted of murdering my Daddy and Step-mother in 1990. My husband and I watched that execution not for vengeance but as a form of support since I had become the man’s only friend. Our … [ Read More... ]
Are the Kansas Death Penalty Days Numbered?
Christopher Renner has a great piece over at The Kansas Free Press on the Death Penalty in Kansas. Make sure you check it out. … [ Read More... ]
Wichita Eagle Calls for a Reassessment of the Death Penalty
An opinion piece in the October 21, 2009, issue of the Wichita Eagle was titled "reasons to rethink the death penalty. " The article stated that Kansas "does not have a death penalty in practice, although capital punishment has been back on the books in Kansas since 1994 and there currently are nine … [ Read More... ]
Capital punishment seen as outdated and immoral
From the Kansas State Collegian. By Tim Hadachek The state of Texas executed 22 death row inmates in 2004, so the case of Cameron Todd Willingham hardly seemed special at the time. Willingham had been convicted of setting his own house ablaze and killing his three children inside. According to … [ Read More... ]