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Kansas Senate Will Consider Repeal Bill Today

By Steve Hall

The Kansas The Kansas Senate has convened and is in session.  You can listen to the proceedings here; to track the agenda, today's calendar is here.Today's Topeka Capital-Journal reports, "Senate to debate death penalty," written by Tim Carpenter.The Senate will embark on a wide open debate Friday on the appropriateness of the state's capital punishment statute.Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt, R-Independence, surprised colleagues by announcing the 40-member chamber would consider a bill repealing the state's death penalty. The controversial, emotional legislation emerged from the Senate Judiciary Committee amid speculation it would die on the chamber's calendar.Reluctance to bring the issue to the Senate floor was driven in part by the belief that Democratic Gov...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 19, 2010 (boomark / email).