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Abolition Bill in Kansas Cites Cost

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"Death penalty opponents introduce bill to abolish executions based on cost," is the report in today's Lawrence Journal-World & News.  It's written by Scott Rothschild.Death penalty opponents in Kansas have criticized capital punishment, saying it is unfair and pointing to instances around the country where innocent people were wrongly sentenced to death.On Thursday, they took a different strategy as legislation was introduced to abolish the Kansas death penalty. They said that given the current budget problems, the death penalty was too expensive and unnecessary because Kansas law has an alternative ? life in prison without parole. ?I know this session everyone is scrambling to find resources to fund things that the state needs, and now that we have life in prison without parole, the question is what does the death penalty get us that life without parole doesn?t,? said Donna Schneweis with Amnesty International and the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 06, 2009 (boomark / email).