Wyandotte County Prosecutor Seeks Unlikely Kansas Death Penalty

An effort to put an alleged domestic abuser & cop killer to death garnered top headlines today.

For readers to understand the discourse a bit better . . . It's important to know that the chances of the suspect ever meeting this fate are EXTREMELY UNLIKELY . . . Here's the word:  

“The State of Kansas intends, upon conviction of the defendant for the crime of Capital Murder, to request a separate sentencing proceeding to determine whether the defendant should be sentenced to death,” Dupree wrote in a filing Wednesday morning.

Harris remains in custody in the Johnson County, Kansas, jail on a $2 million bond.

Here's a more informative passage that offers some perspective . . . 

"Kansas last put an inmate to death in 1965, when George York and James Latham were executed in a double hanging.

"The death penalty was outlawed in Kansas in 1972 after the U.S. Supreme Court deemed it unlawful in the case Furman v. Georgia.

"In 1994, Kansas statute established the death penalty by lethal injection as a sentencing option for offenders 18 years of age and older who are convicted of capital murder (K.S.A. 21-3439).

"The decision to impose the death penalty is determined by a unanimous jury verdict, considering aggravating and mitigating factors. If a jury is waived, the decision is made by the court."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

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