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No one has been executed by the state of Kansas since 1965, although capital punishment is legal there. Historically, 58 people have been executed in the area now occupied by the state. Many of these were federal executions of soldiers and POWs, often at the United States Disciplinary Barracks in Leavenworth. Fourteen German POWs were executed ...
From 1853 to 1965, 76 executions were carried out under Kansas' jurisdiction. [2] All but one, the first, were by hanging. [3] These do not include executions that took place at the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth and United States Disciplinary Barracks; while located within Kansas borders, these hangings were performed under federal government and U.S. military jurisdiction respectively.
Most people did their best to avoid this place for nearly 160 years. That’s about to change. When the Kansas Department of Corrections opened a newly constructed Lansing Correctional Facility in ...
Lansing Correctional Facility (LCF) is a state prison operated by the Kansas Department of Corrections.LCF is located in Lansing, Kansas, in Leavenworth County.LCF, along with the Federal Bureau of Prison's United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, the United States Army Corrections Command's United States Disciplinary Barracks, and Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility in Fort ...
A Kansas judge on Monday denied a request for a resentencing hearing for two brothers awaiting execution for a quadruple killing known as the “Wichita massacre,” ruling that he lacks ...
People executed by Kansas (2 C) Pages in category "Prisoners sentenced to death by Kansas" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Mastel was arrested for alleged aggravated battery and theft, according to the Kansas City Star. Mastel was found unresponsive in his cell. An investigation is pending. Jail or Agency: Franklin County Jail; State: Kansas; Date arrested or booked: 4/19/2016; Date of death: 6/17/2016; Age at death: 35; Sources: www.kfdi.com
Over the past quarter century, Slattery’s for-profit prison enterprises have run afoul of the Justice Department and authorities in New York, Florida, Maryland, Nevada and Texas for alleged offenses ranging from condoning abuse of inmates to plying politicians with undisclosed gifts while seeking to secure state contracts.