It held that capital punishment does not infringe on the "inalienable right to life," that bill provides. The Kansas high court on Friday rejected both challenges raised under the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights. ![]() It remanded the case back to Kansas courts.įriday's decision came after the high court subsequently reviewed more than 20 penalty phase issues that had not been previously addressed, including two supplemental state constitutional issues raised after the 2016 U.S. Supreme Court in 2016 reversed that decision, saying the joint sentencing proceeding neither implicated the Carrs' Eighth Amendment rights nor violated their rights regarding due process. The Kansas Supreme Court in 2014 vacated the death sentences for both, concluding their Eighth Amendment right to an individualized sentencing was violated by the Sedgwick County District Court judge's refusal to sever their trial's penalty phase. The Carr brothers also were convicted of first-degree murder in the Wichita gunshot death of 55-year-old Ann Walenta on Dec. She provided key testimony during the Carr brothers' trial. The woman ran to a house for help and to report the slayings. A fifth person, a woman, also was shot in the back of the head, but a hair clip diverted the bullet, saving her life.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |