Saturday, December 18, 2004
Kansas strikes down the Death Penalty
This is big!
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This is big!
he Kansas Supreme Court struck down the state's death penalty law yesterday, saying that the way it required juries to consider sentences for capital murder violated the Constitution.
The court did not rule that the death penalty as such was unconstitutional, however, and the Kansas Legislature is free to enact a new law that addresses the court's concerns.
The decision overturned the death sentences of all six people on Kansas' death row, said Ron Keefover, a spokesman for the court. When they are sentenced again, he said, they can still face life in prison.
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