From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Oct. 22, 1988:

Kathy Livingston, a Lawrence woman who said she was representing “common people,” spoke to members of a Kansas legislative committee this week on the matter of the current “insanity defense” laws. “A lot of mouths were dropping when I went into the details of the case,” said Livingston, 22, referring to the July 14 murder of 9-year-old Richard Settlemyre of Lawrence, whose accused killer was charged with first-degree murder but had been found mentally incompetent to stand trial. “The Constitution guarantees everybody a fair trial,” Livingston said. “But there are no guarantees for the rights of victims.” She said she had spoken to the committee about her proposal to change the state’s insanity laws, establishing a “guilty but mentally ill” verdict to replace the present “not guilty by reason of insanity.” “I explained that the insanity rule isn’t used that often,” she said. “And when it is, it’s ineffective. It enrages the public.” Under her proposal, a defendant would be transported to a state hospital, to remain until the county medical examiner deemed him or her competent to serve the remainder of a sentence in a maximum security prison. Currently, a defendant found not guilty by reason of insanity would be returned to the state hospital.