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Kansas Abolition Bill in Limbo

By Steve Hall

"Death penalty debate murky," is the title of Barbara Hollingsworth's report from the Saturday edition of the Topeka Capital-Journal.Efforts to repeal the death penalty in Kansas may die quietly without being taken to the Senate floor for debate.Two weeks after the death penalty bill passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, it has yet to make an appearance on the Senate floor. Asked on Friday if the bill would be debated this session, Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt said, "We're still weighing all the options."The bill faces tough opposition in the House, which leans more conservative than the Senate. Also, it is opposed by Attorney General Steve Six, and the death penalty law was drafted by Gov. Mark Parkinson when he was a Republican in the Legislature...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 15, 2010 (boomark / email).