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Editorial Roundup

By Steve Hall

Today's Wichita Eagle carries the editorial, "At least Senate had debate, vote," written by Rhonda Holman for the editorial board.Under Kansas' death penalty statute, it takes 12 jurors to hand down a death sentence, which must be unanimous. But as Kansans learned last week, a 20-20 tie vote in the state Senate lets the death penalty itself stand as state law. Because of House disinterest, that likely is the end of this year's effort to end the death penalty, starting with crimes committed July 1 and beyond, in favor of creating a new charge of "aggravated murder" with a sentence of life without parole. Still, the Senate's emotional debate Friday revealed that support for capital punishment has weakened some since it passed the chamber in 1994 on a 22-18 vote...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 23, 2010 (boomark / email).