by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Kansas
(a) The governor may, when the governor deems it proper or advisable, commute a sentence in any criminal case by reducing the penalty as follows: (1) If the sentence is death, to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole and not to any lesser...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Kansas
In cases where the death penalty has been imposed the governor may order the postponement of the execution of the sentence for a limited time. At the expiration of such time the sentence of the court shall be carried out.K.S.A. 22-3704L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3704; July...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Kansas
The governor at each regular session of the legislature, shall communicate to both houses of the legislature a list of all persons pardoned by him during the preceding year, with a statement of the offense of which each was convicted, the time of imprisonment or...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Kansas
A pardon shall be in writing, signed by the governor, attested by the great seal of the state and shall be authority for the release and discharge of the person named therein.K.S.A. 22-3702L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3702; July 1.
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Kansas
(a) The governor may pardon, or commute the sentence of, any person convicted of a crime in any court of this state upon such terms and conditions as prescribed in the order granting the pardon or commutation.(b) The prisoner review board, hereafter referred to as the...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Kansas
(a) When a district court has granted relief in a proceeding under K.S.A. 60-1507, and amendments thereto, and the prosecution files a docketing statement in an appellate court seeking an appeal from the district court’s decision to grant relief, the underlying...
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