The State Senate Judiciary Committee, with the help of Republican moderates,approved abolishing the death penalty in Kansas. This probably won't go any further in Topeka because of the more conservative House GOP, but it highlights a growing trend in the country against the death penalty, which has proven to be costly, can be implemented unfairly against poor and minority suspects, and has put innocent people sentenced to death in other states.
I think this vote against the death penalty is a big shock, especially in a such a red state as Kansas. The link above has the names of senators who voted for and against.
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It will not be passed. I think they know which side their bread is buttered on.
The reason it costs so much is because of all of the time they get to appeal. With the science that we have today, when somone is found guilty and setenced to death, you can pretty much bet that they are guilty. We should give them a maximum of 2 years to exercise their due process rights, then put them to death. That would cut down on costs tremendously. And two years is a long time time to try and get the verdict reversed.
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