While the main business of the Legislature will be writing a budget for the next fiscal year, there are still many other issues that will be debated.
A proposal to repeal the state's death penalty. Supporters of the repeal say the death penalty hasn't worked as a punishment, and is much more costly because of the additional legal procedures needed to litigate a capital murder case. Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1994, there have been no executions in Kansas as appeals and challenges to the law continue.
Source: Lawrence Journal-World, January 11, 2010
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