Capital Punishment

The Catholic Church seeks to end use of the death penalty as a method of punishment. Modern industrialized nations such as ours have the means to permanently imprison those convicted of the most heinous crimes in order to protect society. Use of deadly force should be a last resort, not the first.

Bishop Jackels’ Testimony on the Death Penalty



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Kansas Senate Defeats Death Penalty Repeal

February 19, 2010 | | Posted in The Issues

Legislation abolishing the death penalty in Kansas was voted down by the narrowest of margins in the Kansas Senate.  By a vote of 20-20, the Senate fell one vote short of what was needed to send the repeal legislation to the House of Representatives.  Michael Jackels, Bishop of Wichita, testified earlier in the year in… Read More >>

Senate Committee Approves Death Penalty Repeal

January 29, 2010 | | Posted in The Issues

Legislation that would end the use of the death penalty in Kansas has been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee and will now be debated by the full Senate.  The committee vote was 7-4. Read More >>

Bishop Jackels Testifies on Death Penalty

January 20, 2010 | , | Posted in The Issues

On January 19, Bishop Michael Jackels of Wichita testified in support of legislation that would repeal the death penalty in Kansas.  The Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee is the Senate committee with jurisdiction over this legislation. Read More >>

Hearings on Death Penalty Legislation Set for January

December 30, 2009 | | Posted in The Issues

The Chairman of the Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee plans to devote the week of January 19-22 to a hearing on legislation ending the use of the death penalty in Kansas.  Last session, the Committee approved similar legislation, only to have it stall in the full Senate. Read More >>