Governor Joan Finney of Topeka, Kansas, writes the State House of Representatives, also of Topeka, to explain her position on House Bill 2578. The bill reinstated the death penalty in Kansas for the crime of capital murder, as defined in the bill. Though opposed to capital punishment, Finney allowed the bill to become law without her signature. This law was the first to reinstate capital punishment in Kansas since the 1972 U. S. Supreme Court decision in Furman v. Georgia overturned many state capital punishment laws.
Date: April 22, 1994
Creator: Finney, Joan, 1925-
Item Number: 209193
Call Number: Secretary of State, Enrolled Laws (1994), Box 3, Folder 252
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209193
Collections - State Archives - Secretary of State - Enrolled Laws and Resolutions
Date - 1990s - 1994
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crimes - Murders
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Punishment - Death penalty
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Finney, Joan
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature - House of Representatives
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Government record
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Finney, Joan
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - The Recent Past, 1975 - present
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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