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Kansas: Senators Revive Bill to Abolish Death Penalty

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That's the title of the AP report via the Joplin Globe.  LINK to page 1 and page 2An attempt to abolish Kansas? death penalty is back on track, giving capital punishment opponents another, unexpected chance to argue that it?s too expensive when the state faces budget problems. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-5 on Thursday to forward the bill to the chamber. That decision came only a day after the committee voted to have the bill studied further this summer, which would have ended this year?s debate. Death penalty opponents have made the costs of capital punishment their main argument this year because of the state?s financial problems. Opponents claim there wouldn?t be any real savings in repealing it. Senate President Steve Morris said this would be the first time his chamber has debated whether to have a death penalty since it was enacted 15 years ago...continue to full post

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