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Wednesday, 12 February 2014

In Kansas

"Senate taking up death penalty appeal changes," is the AP report, via the Topeka Capital-Journal.

The Kansas Senate is considering a bill shortening the time for inmates convicted of capital murder to appeal their death sentences to the state Supreme Court.

The measure on Wednesday’s debate calendar would specify time limits for filing documents in such appeals and for the Supreme Court to hear arguments on them.

And:

Kansas enacted capital punishment in 1994 but has yet to carry out an execution. Nine men are under death sentences in state prisons.

Earlier coverage from Kansas begins at the link.

Wednesday, 12 February 2014 at 01:15 PM in Capital Punishment, Indigent Defense, Post-Conviction Review, State Legislation | Permalink

Tags: capital punishment, cost, death penalty, indigent defense, judiciary, Kansas, Kansas Legislature, Kansas Senate, post-conviction review, prosecution

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Project Director Steve Hall was chief of staff to the Attorney General of Texas from 1983-1991; he was an administrator of the Texas Resource Center from 1993-1995. He has worked for the U.S. Congress and several Texas legislators. Hall is a former journalist.

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