Entries tagged with “Kyle Young”

Jan 20, 2023

Kansas Capital Defendant Moves to Bar Death Penalty, Invoking State Constitution’s ‘Strict Scrutiny’ For Life and Liberty Issues

A Kansas capital defendant is challenging the prosecution’s decision to pursue the death penalty in his case, invoking a heightened standard of review the Kansas constitution applies to infringements of fundamental rights. The pretrial challenge, which will be the subject of a hearing in the Sedgwick County District Court beginning February 6, 2023, was filed by the ACLU in the case of Kyle Young, an African-American defendant who faces capital charges in a 2020 double murder at a Wichita…