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Crime & Courts April 16, 2025 - 7:51 pm

Kansas judge tosses death penalty challenge but says capital punishment is flawed

by Zane Irwin, Kansas News Service

A Wyandotte County judge agreed with criticisms of the death penalty, but he said the case was invalid because both defendants no longer face capital punishment.

Crime & Courts January 9, 2025 - 11:53 am

Kansas’ death penalty under scrutiny in pretrial hearings in 2019 homicide case

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

A long-shot challenge to Kansas’ death penalty unfolding in court proceedings for a man charged in the deaths of 4 people at a Wyandotte County bar centers on claims the state’s process of jury selection is racially biased in favor of executions.

Crime & Courts October 29, 2024 - 11:51 pm

Challenge to Kansas death penalty argues jury selection discriminates in capital cases

by Allison Kite, Kansas Reflector

Jury selection procedures in capital murder cases discriminate against Black communities and individuals who oppose the death penalty because of their religious beliefs, lawyers seeking to overturn capital punishment in Kansas argued Tuesday.

Crime & Courts October 28, 2024 - 8:46 pm

ACLU starts hearings on Kansas death penalty by emphasizing evidence of racial bias

by Allison Kite, Kansas Reflector

The death penalty creates racially biased juries, results in wrongful convictions and does not deter crime, attorneys seeking to overturn capital punishment in Kansas said in a court hearing Monday.

Crime & Courts April 15, 2024 - 7:42 pm

KHP ordered to pay plaintiffs $2.3 million for unconstitutional ‘Kansas two-step’ traffic policy

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

A U.S. District Court judge ordered the Kansas Highway Patrol to pay $2.34 million in attorney fees and other costs following a successful challenge to constitutionality of the state law enforcement agency’s practice of detaining motorists and searching vehicles without establishing reasonable suspicion.

State News April 15, 2021 - 1:17 pm

Wichita police unfairly target minorities with gang list, ACLU and Kansas Appleseed allege in lawsuit

by Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector

A lawsuit filed Thursday alleges the Wichita Police Department use of a gang list has disproportionately harmed communities of color.

Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
State Government March 27, 2021 - 6:43 pm

Kansas Attorney General’s Office scoffs at ACLU’s ‘grossly exaggerated’ fee request for voter rights case

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

The Kansas AG says attorneys involved in the ACLU’s 5-year legal battle over voter rights are asking to be repaid for “grossly excessive” fees.

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