Petition of the Week: January 25th-29th
The ACLU of Kansas has filed 102 applications on behalf of people seeking clemency from Governor Laura Kelly.
January 29, 2021
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Gov’s Commission a good start; let’s be sure to finish
In early December 2020, Governor Kelly’s Commission on Racial Equity and Justice released its initial report on “Policing and Law Enforcement in Kansas.” The report contained some solid recommendations aimed at improving law enforcement interactions with the communities they are sworn to protect.
January 15, 2021
Confessions of an ex-con living in Kansas
If you passed me on the street, you wouldn’t assume I was an ex-convict. In fact, once people get to know me, and find out I spent almost six years in prison, they are shocked.
January 15, 2021Miscarriages of Justice
The law is clear: Every person charged with a crime in America has the right to effective counsel, but for two, Wyandotte County men, this unequivocal right rang hollow.
December 10, 2020
The Stone Catchers
Near the end of the book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, author and Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson encounters a woman he had often noticed sitting in the courtroom.
December 10, 2020