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 […]

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. […]