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March 1st Christina Swarns: Justice Delayed is Democracy Denied

February 16, 2024

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. […]

KCADP Statement on Introduction of HB 2782 –Nitrogen asphyxiation execution

February 8, 2024

“The method of execution in Kansas is not the issue.   The existence of the Kansas death penalty itself IS the issue. Kansas continues to waste taxpayer dollars, harm victim families and prison staff,  risk the lives of https://naturheilpraxis-hauri.ch/ the innocent, and violate the morals of many Kansans for a public policy built on vengeance. The time to end the Kansas death penalty is NOW.”

OUR RECENT POSTS

Mark Your Calendars for November 6th!

"United Against the Death Penalty: All Roads Lead to Repeal"   Saturday, November 6th, 2021 1 to 3 p.m. Location:  Zoom   This is our 2021 KCADP Annual Meeting and Abolition Event.  There will be a brief coalition business meeting followed by an exciting conversation with … [ Read More... ]

The Death Penalty and Its Impact on Justice

When a homicide case is prosecuted as capital, there are ramifications for the justice system. The Fiscal Consequences It is well documented that death penalty cases take longer to make their way through the courts.  The 2014 Kansas Death Penalty Advisory Committee Report to the Judicial … [ Read More... ]

A Common Cause: Why People From All Across the Spectrum Support Abolition in 2021

    Speakers are: Rep. Mark Schreiber, Republican Rep. Boog Highberger, Democrat Sen. Carolyn McGinn, Republican Dan Clark, Libertarian Click here to go to our FB page. We hope you can join us!   … [ Read More... ]

New Board Members Elected!

At the KCADP Annual Meeting on November 14th, the following persons were re-elected to continue serving as KCADP officers:  Ron Wurtz (Vice Chair) and Robert Sanders (Treasurer). Current board members who were re-elected to a new term were Steve Becker, Thea Perry, Robert Shawn Streepy and … [ Read More... ]

Death Penalty Abolition: The Necessary Milestone in the American Struggle for Racial Equality, Civil Rights and Criminal Justice Reform

  Please join us for the 2020 KCADP  Annual Meeting and Abolition Conference! November 14, 2020  1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Great speakers:  Bea Swoopes, Mark McCormick, Cheryl Pilate. No charge!  Open to KCADP members and the general public. Click here to view the full … [ Read More... ]