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"Kansas governor says he?s willing to revisit death-penalty law," is Carl Manning's AP report, via the Kansas City Star.Gov. Mark Parkinson said Monday that he was willing to take a fresh look at the death-penalty law he helped write 15 years ago as a legislator.The governor?s comments to reporters came after Senate leaders said the Legislature probably will debate the death-penalty law during its 2010 session. Efforts to repeal the law failed in the Senate this year because of concerns that the legislation was flawed.?I applaud those folks out there who are saying, ?We?ve had this law for 15 years. Let?s take a look at how it works.? I?m more than happy to encourage their efforts to do that and then look at whatever work product they come up with,? he said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 12, 2009 (boomark / email).