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Crime & Courts September 23, 2024 - 3:10 pm

Kansas Supreme Court affirms police conduct allegedly ‘akin to a psychological rubber hose’

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

The Kansas Supreme Court reversed a judge’s decision to suppress a confession despite detectives’ claims that a computer voice stress test was 100% accurate and proved a defendant lied about his innocence in an alleged sexual abuse case.

Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Crime & Courts August 30, 2024 - 10:51 am

Kansas Supreme Court closes valve in protracted dispute on illegal hog-effluent pipeline

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

A Kansas hog farmer’s campaign to convince the courts he had a right to install a livestock sewage pipeline along a public road in the right-of-way on neighbors’ property without permission has come to an end in state courts.

Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Crime & Courts August 13, 2024 - 2:57 pm

Kansas Supreme Court decision could affect Albert Wilson wrongful conviction case

by Mackenzie Clark

A Douglas County judge has asked attorneys representing Albert Wilson in a wrongful conviction case against the State of Kansas to address a recent Kansas Supreme Court decision that could affect Wilson’s case.

State News July 30, 2024 - 11:11 am

Kansas court reporter’s state certificate revoked amid blackmail, abuse allegations

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — A former court reporter in Wyandotte County District Court was sanctioned by the […]

Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Crime & Courts July 5, 2024 - 11:40 am

Kansas Supreme Court reaffirms that abortion rights are protected by constitution, striking down 2 laws

by Rose Conlon, Kansas News Service

The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday struck down two laws restricting abortion, affirming its prior interpretation that ending a pregnancy remains a constitutionally protected right in Kansas.

Crime & Courts May 31, 2024 - 1:03 pm

Kansas Supreme Court upholds limit on collecting ballots, sends two other laws back to lower court 

by Daniel Caudill, Kansas News Service

The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday endorsed a law limiting how many advance ballots a person can collect for others, but sent lawsuits challenging other controversial election provisions back to lower courts for more work.

Crime & Courts February 20, 2024 - 3:14 pm

Voting rights groups ask Kansas Supreme Court to block law they say impedes voter registration

by Rose Conlon, Kansas News Service

A Kansas law that makes it a crime to impersonate an election official unconstitutionally interferes with voter outreach efforts, voting rights groups told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Crime & Courts February 6, 2024 - 7:40 pm

Kansas Supreme Court ends five-year hold on jurisdiction of public school funding case

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

The Kansas Supreme Court issued a two-page order Tuesday releasing jurisdiction of the Gannon v. State school finance case after concluding the Legislature complied with mandates to resolve violations of the Kansas Constitution by suitably funding public education.

Crime & Courts January 19, 2024 - 2:42 pm

Kansas Supreme Court affirms death penalty conviction in Ottawa quadruple murder case

by Rachel Mipro, Kansas Reflector

The state’s highest court on Friday rejected Kyle Flack’s appeal against the death penalty for his convictions in the fatal 2013 shootings of four people in Ottawa.

Crime & Courts January 10, 2024 - 4:09 pm

Kansas’ chief justice blames Russian ransomware hackers for disabling court’s electronic systems

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert said Wednesday that the state didn’t pay ransom demands of a cybercriminal group that infiltrated the judicial branch’s computer system in October.

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