Should Kansas abolish the death penalty?
Asked at The Merc, 901 Iowa St. on January 20, 2010
“Yes they should; I think a humane society should not have a death penalty.”
— Karen Roberts, nurse practitioner, Lawrence
“Yes because there's been enough things overturned here in the last four or five years due to DNA evidence that they've had the wrong people.”
— Joseph Johnson, unemployed, Topeka
“Yes, it costs so much to put somebody to death and often they find out that the person was innocent.”
— Marvin Huey, craftsman, Lawrence
“Yes, government needs to respect human life.”
— Jessica Ratzlaff, stay-at-home mom, Perry