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Kansas Editors Split on Capital Punishment Stance
A Topeka AP roundup shows Kansas editors divided over Governor Docking's handling of the Spencer case and capital punishment. Some praise his courage, others fault his use of personal opinion over law, with varied reactions from Independence Reporter to Ottawa Herald and Wichita Eagle.
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Views of
Kansas
Topeka
George Docking
Spencer
Docking
Docky
Alf Landon
Bobby Joe Spencer
Independence Reporter
Supreme Court
Parsons Sun
Clyde Reed Jr
Dockings
Landon
the Sun
Ottawa Herald
Salina Journal
Hutchinson News
Billingsgate
Wichita Fagle
Pittsburg
Arkansas City
Wellington