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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: |
Bill Graves, (Republican),
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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)
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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 |