Entries tagged with “Carolyn McGinn”

Aug 19, 2024

Kansas City Star Op-Ed Describes the Death Penalty as the ​“Ultimate Failed Big-Government Program” and Calls for Abolition

In an August 14, 2024 op-ed in The Kansas City Star, Carolyn McGinn, a Kansas State Senate Republican rep­re­sent­ing District 31, and Kelson Bohnet, a cap­i­tal pub­lic defend­er and board mem­ber for the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty, argue that the state’s cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment sys­tem has failed, empha­siz­ing its cost­li­ness, lack of deter­rent effect, and inher­ent risk of ​“irrepara­ble harm,” and call for abo­li­tion dur­ing the next leg­isla­tive session.