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Herman Lindsey, Death Row Exoneree, to headline November 16th Conference!

October 4, 2024

  On November 16th, Herman Lindsey, a Florida death row exoneree, will be the keynote at KCADP’s “All in for Repeal” conference in Lawrence.   Conference Details: The event will begin with a brief KCADP annual business meeting at 1 p.m. followed immediately by the conference.  The conference will consist of the keynote,  Q/A, workshop opportunities on the Kansas death penalty legal landscape and 2025 legislative plans, and more! Date:  November 16th Time:  1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Location:  KU Memorial Union, Big 12 Room, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence KS. Virtual option available for KCADP annual meeting and keynote only […]

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..”.the ultimate failed big government program”..

August 18, 2024

On August 14th,  “Kansas’ death penalty is the ultimate failed big government program. Time to end it | Opinion” was published in the Kansas City Star and the Wichita Eagle.   Authored by Senator Carolyn McGinn and Kelson Bohnet, a capital litigator and KCADP board member, the commentary highlights several ways the Kansas death penalty fails Kansans.   They note the excessive cost of capital punishment and its impact on murder victim family members.  Recalling Kansas’ history of error in first degree murder cases, they point out the obvious consequent risk of error in capital cases as well.   Reflecting […]

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OUR RECENT POSTS

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... ]

48 Legislators Sign on to Kansas Abolition Legislation!!!!

The growing Kansas legislative support for abolition was clear with the introduction of HB 2349 and SB 211 in February. In the House, Rep. Mark Schreiber and thirty three of his House colleagues sponsored HB 2349.  Those co-sponsoring Representatives are: Amyx, Ballard, Blew, Carmichael, … [ Read More... ]

Kansas Death Penalty on Trial

The Kansas death penalty is being put on trial in a Sedgwick County capital murder case with a special set of hearings February 6 through 8. Kyle Young, an African American man, is charged with capital murder in the January 22, 2020 deaths of Alicia Roman and George Kirksey.  He faces the death … [ Read More... ]

KCADP Statement In Response To US Supreme Court Ruling In The Carr Appeals

Every capital murder, by definition, involves a horrible crime. And we acknowledge that the victims in these cases were loved and are missed by their families every single day.   But even so, these cases were infected with the types of racial discrimination, prosecutorial misconduct, and … [ Read More... ]