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Record of criminals convicted and sentenced to death penalty
While executions by state authority were legal in Kansas from 1861-1907, the State Legislature imposed tighter regulations on the process with Senate Bill 18 (1872). The act provided the time of execution to be ordered by the governor and required the Governor's Office keep records of all death sentences and copies of all death warrants.
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