Kansas legislators have heard debate on proposals to abolish the states death penalty law, hearing emotional pleas from families of murder victims not to reopen painful wounds from the past. Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee also heard testimony Thursday from opponents to capital punishment who argued it is an inexact sentence that is costly for the state. Kansas has had the death penalty since 1994 but has not carried out an execution since then. Currently, nine people are on death row.
Posted on: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 05:46:12 +0000
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