Kansas AG Kris Kobach Argues Against Death Penalty Delays

The legal maverick shares an important op/ed that disputes so many lawyers and convicted killers playing for time.

Here's the crux of his argument . . .

Kansas has the death penalty, but the last time it executed someone was 1965.

There were more murderers on death row, but they died of natural causes because the executions were delayed by so many years. Parents of the victims are dying before the killers. That is the only problem with the death penalty in Kansas.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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