Finney Won't Veto Death Penalty Bill Despite Opposition
TopERA AP reports Gov. Joan Finney is unlikely to veto a capital punishment bill allowing death by lethal injection for seven capital crimes. Finney opposes the death penalty personally, citing pro life church teachings, but may let the measure become law without her signature Friday. The bill targets multiple murder scenarios including law enforcement, sex crime victims, prison killings, and kidnapping victims.
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Topeka man gets hard 40 sentence in murder case
Kenneth M. Cook, 38, was sentenced by Shawnee County District Judge James Buechle to 40 years in prison before parole eligibility for the murder of Charles Duty, 33, of Topeka. Duty was shot Sept. 7, 1992, and his body found in the Wakarusa River. teeth and tattoos were removed to hinder identification.
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State Receives Tourism Grant To Boost Kansas Tourism
US Representative Jim Slattery announced Kansas has been awarded 300000 dollars from the Department of Commerce to fund tourism marketing. The grant will support strategies to raise in state and out of state tourism as flood damage distorted Kansas' image.
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