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Feb 06, 2023
Kansas death penalty to be argued in Wichita courtroom
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is using a Wichita murder case to fight the Kansas death penalty law, which it believes is unconstitutional. On Monday, Feb. 6, a Sedgwick County District Court judge will begin hearing the case.
Feb 03, 2023
Statehouse scraps: Kansas lawmakers shred transparency, good and bad bills, hated photo - Kansas Reflector
The ACLU of Kansas brought attention to a bill that proposes “proposes an old-fashioned literacy test, with a curriculum that includes the very Constitution bills like this one contradict, before individuals can exit probation, fully reenter community, or vote.”
Feb 03, 2023
ACLU death penalty challenge to go before Sedgwick County judge
In a little more than a week, a challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to the death penalty in Kansas will go before a Sedgwick County judge. Attorneys for the ACLU are making the case that the use of the death penalty is discriminatory and doesn’t serve its punitive purpose.
Apr 10, 2020
Prison uprising put down as US inmates demand protection from coronavirus
On Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas asked the state’s supreme court to release prisoners with pre-existing medical conditions such as heart disease, hypertension and diabetes – risk factors that make them more vulnerable to Covid-19.
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