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| Death
Penalty: |
YES |
| Prohibit
Execution of the Mentally Retarded: |
YES. However, this state will need to redefine its definition of mental retardation to conform to the recent United States Supreme Court decision Atkins v. Virginia, which held that it is a violation of the United States Constitution to execute persons with an IQ of less than 70. |
| Life
Without Parole: |
NO |
| Minimum
Age to Eligible for the Death Penalty: |
18 |
| Number
on Death Row: |
4 |
| Race
of Defendants: |
4 white (100%) |
| Racial
Make-up of State Population: |
83% white, 7% Latino/a, 6% black, 2% Asian, 1% Native American |
| Innocents
Exonerated: |
NO |
| Columbia
University Study Rate of Error in Capital Cases: |
Not included in study |
| Murder
Rate: |
6.0 per 100,000 (in 1999) |
| Governor: |
Kathleen Sebelius, (Democrat),
|
| Presidential
Vote: |
58% Bush, 37% Gore, 3% Nader |
| Public
Opinion on the Death Penalty: |
Unknown |
| Organizations
Endorsing a Moratorium: |
Amnesty International, Kansas University Chapter
Corpus Christi Catholic Church Congregation
Ecumenical Christian Ministries
Heart of America Call to Action (Roeland Park)
Heartland Farm (Pawnee Rock)
Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Kansas University Student Senate
Kaw Valley Greens
Kansas University Green Party
Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice (Lawrence)
Lawrence League of Women Voters (Lawrence)
Lawrence Unitarian Fellowship, Executive Committee (Lawrence)
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee (Lawrence)
Religious Society of Friends, Oread Friends Meeting (Lawrence)
Sister Servants of Mary, Kansas City (Kansas City)
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (Levenworth)
Sisters of St. Joseph, Wichita (Wichita)
St. Lawrence Catholic Center, Student Advisory Council
St. Lawrence Orthodox Christian Fellowship
University of Kansas Student Senate (Lawrence)
|
| Organizations
Working FOR a Moratorium: |
ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri
3601 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
Dick Kurtenbach-contact
816-756-3113--(day)
[email protected]
www.aclukswmo.org
Amnesty International State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator
Donna Schneweis-contact
785-234-3061-(day)
[email protected]
Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty
1176 Warren
Topeka, KS 66604
Donna Schneweis-contact
785-232-2272-(phone)
[email protected]
www.kscadp.org
Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation
1176 SW Warren Avenue
Topeka, KS 66604-164676
Bill Lucero coordinator-contact
785-291-3393--(day)
785-232-2272-(eve)
[email protected] |
| Clemency: |
The Governor has the sole authority to commute the death sentence to a term of life without parole. |
| Who
Decides Sentence: |
Jury |
| Method
of Execution: |
Lethal injection |
