| Death
Penalty: |
YES |
| Prohibit
Execution of the Mentally Retarded: |
YES |
| Life
Without Parole: |
NO |
| Minimum
Age to Eligible for the Death Penalty: |
18 |
| Number
on Death Row: |
4 |
| Race
of Defendants: |
4 white (100%) |
| Racial
Make-up of State Population: |
83% white, 7% Latino/a, 6% black, 2% Asian, 1% Native American |
| Innocents
Exonerated: |
NO |
| Columbia
University Study Rate of Error in Capital Cases: |
Not included in study |
| Murder
Rate: |
5.9 per 100,000 (ranked 24th out of 51) |
| Governor: |
Bill Graves, (Republican),
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| Presidential
Vote: |
58% Bush, 37% Gore, 3% Nader |
| Public
Opinion on the Death Penalty: |
Unknown |
| Organizations
Endorsing a Moratorium: |
Heartland Farm
Heart of America Call to Action
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
Religious Society of Friends, Oread Friends Meeting
Sister Servants of Mary, Kansas City
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
Sisters of St. Joseph, Wichita
University of Kansas Student Senate |
| Organizations
Working FOR a Moratorium: |
ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri
3601 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
Dick Kurtenbach-contact
816-756-3113--(day)
aclu@kswno.org
www.aclukswmo.org
Amnesty International State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator
Donna Schneweis-contact
785-234-3061-(day)
dms@cjnetworks.com
Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty
1176 Warren
Topeka, KS 66604
Donna Schneweis-contact
785-232-2272-(phone)
dms@cjnetworks.com
Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation
1176 SW Warren Avenue
Topeka, KS 66604-164676
Bill Lucero coordinator-contact
785-291-3393--(day)
785-232-2272-(eve)
mvfrks@aol.com |
| Clemency: |
The Governor has the sole authority to commute the death sentence to a term of life without parole. |
| Who
Decides Sentence: |
Jury |
| Method
of Execution: |
Lethal injection |
