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Death penalty skeptics in Kansas seize ‘pro-life,’ high cost, wrongful conviction arguments
Rep. Bill Sutton’s opposition to the death penalty was conceived through Catholic faith, magnified by conservative wariness of government and molded into a cause during more than a decade of service to the Kansas House.
Death penalty skeptics in Kansas seize ‘pro-life,’ high cost, wrongful conviction arguments
Rep. Bill Sutton’s opposition to the death penalty was conceived through Catholic faith, magnified by conservative wariness of government and molded into a cause during more than a decade of service to the Kansas House.
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Mackenzie Clark / The Lawrence Times
Judge rescinds expungement of Baldwin City police sergeant’s criminal record; wants to consider second case
Updated article: A Douglas County judge who had initially granted the petition to expunge false impersonation charges from the record of a Baldwin City police sergeant reconsidered that decision Thursday, taking another pending expungement into account.
Kansas appeals court overturns prison instructor’s conviction for unwanted touching of inmate
A victim of Tomas Co’s sexual harassment and unwanted groping wanted him to understand what it was like to feel powerless and abused. His conviction was overturned based on the definition of “lewd.”
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Death of Wichita teen who died in custody ruled a homicide
An autopsy says Cedric Lofton suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest while being restrained at Sedgwick County’s juvenile facility last fall.
Mackenzie Clark / The Lawrence Times
Baldwin City police sergeant seeks expungement of criminal records in Douglas and Lyon counties
A Douglas County judge is expected to decide this week whether to seal the arrest record of a Baldwin City police sergeant.
August Rudisell/The Lawrence Times
Burglary reported at Kansas Sampler in Lawrence
A window was shattered at Kansas Sampler in downtown Lawrence in a reported burglary on Christmas.
August Rudisell/The Lawrence Times
Fire marshal to investigate blaze that destroyed home south of Lawrence city limits
The Kansas State Fire Marshal will investigate a blaze that left no one injured, but demolished a single-family home just south of Lawrence Tuesday afternoon.
Mackenzie Clark/The Lawrence Times
Cases against Rontarus Washington Jr., Albert Wilson dismissed
The Douglas County district attorney has dismissed long-pending cases against Rontarus Washington Jr. and Albert Wilson, the office announced Wednesday.
Celia Llopis-Jepsen / Kansas News Service
Kansas judge throws out abortion regulations, saying they infringed on women’s access to care
Abortion regulations in a law passed by the Kansas Legislature in 2011 have been thrown out by a Shawnee County judge who said they infringed on women’s access to care.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
Lawrence anti-mask protester charged with 3 felonies after arrest at vaccine clinic for kids
A Lawrence man who has become widely known for his protests against mask mandates has been charged with three low-level felonies following an alleged incident at a clinic where 5- to 11-year-olds were getting COVID-19 vaccines.
Kansas Supreme Court reverses lower courts, allows broad use of out-of-state DUI convictions
The Kansas Supreme Court sought to bring clarity to prosecution of driving-under-the-influence offenses Friday by unanimously granting district courts authority to view prior DUI convictions in Missouri as comparable to the Kansas law.
