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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Wednesday, April 9, 1986
Senate committee's debate on death penalty cancelled
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — A hearing before the Senate Governmental Organization Committee on a House-passed bill to reimpose the death penalty in Kansas was cancelled yesterday because of a lack of interest.
Nobody had asked to testify in support of the bill, and only one person had asked to appear in opposition. The lone opponent scheduled to appear was Bill Lucero, spokesman for Kansans Against the Death Penalty.
Terry Stevens, who wore a lobbyist badge identifying him as representing the Topeka Police Department, was in the committee room but had not asked to speak on the bill.
Sen. Ben Vidricksen, R-Salina, the committee's chairman, said that he would not reschedule the hearing and that in his opinion the capital punishment issue was dead in the Senate for this legislative session.
Only three members of the nine-
member committee were present while Vidricken waited 16 minutes for more members to show up to constitute a quorum. Two more showed up just as Vidricken was declaring himself responsible for lack of interest. He said their attendance was too late to change his mind.
Vidricken said that in his judgment there was not enough support in the committee to report the bill to the Senate for debate. Vidricken also said he thought Senate President Robert Talkington, R-Iola, assigned the bill to the Governmental Organization Committee because he knew it would not make it out of the committee to be placed on the Senate debate calendar.
tired of working on the issue.
Sen. Edward F. Reilly Jr., R-Leavenworth, whose Federal and State Affairs Committee usually handles death penalty legislation, asked that the bill not be sent to his panel this year. He claimed he was
The Legislature has passed four bills to reimpose capital punishment in Kansas during the eight sessions John Carlin has been governor. He then and the Legislature has not come close to overriding his vetoes.
Kansas had capital punishment until a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision struck it down, along with those of all other states. Those sentenced to die were hanged in Kansas. The last execution was in 1965.
The sponsors of the House bill, Reps. Clyde Graebner and Martha Jenkins, both R-Leaventworth, said that they were unaware of the Senate committee hearing, but that they were resigned to the bill's demise.
Graebner said that he knew it was doomed when the House amended the measure during debate to apply the death penalty as an option to life imprisonment in all first-degree murder cases.
Slattery calls for House to delay vote on Nicaraguan rebels' aid
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Rep Jim Slattery of Kansas called yesterday for the House to delay next week's vote on providing aid to Nicaraguan rebels, saying more time should be given for regional peace talks.
Slattery, a Topeka Democrat,
just returned from Panama City,
Panama, where he and two fellow
House Democrats observed
negotiations among 13 Latin
American foreign ministers seeking
a settlement to conflicts in Central America.
"I think we need to take that last chance for peace," said Slattery.
Although the talks broke up without a formal agreement being reached, Slattery contended that an opportunity remained for a peaceful solution to the region's problems.
who represents the 2nd District of northeast Kansas.
At a news conference, he and Reps. Mary Barnes of Maryland and Bill Richardson of New Mexico disputed Reagan administration statements that the Latin American president perplexed port U.S. policy of aiding contra rebels although they publicly oppose it.
Slattery said the Latin-nations participating in the peace talks publicly, privately, vigorously and unanimously opposed the contra aid and viewed the U.S. policy as a major obstacle to success of negotiations.
"The people that we talked to view the prospect of a widening contra war as a greater threat to their security and to the future of democracy in the region than the existence of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua," said Slattery.
The House is scheduled to vote April 15 on President Reagan's proposal for $100 million in aid to the rebels fighting the leftist government of Nicaragua. The Democratic-controlled chamber rejected the aid request last month, but the Senate approved it March 27.
Slattery said he would work with Richardson to develop a compromise contra proposal to offer during debate. However, he said it would be best if Reagan withdrew his aid request temporarily and the House delayed its vote for perhaps 60 days.
"What is a time period like this when you're talking about the possibility of perhaps achieving a peaceful solution to this problem."
He voted against the $100 million aid package last month and said his position remained unchanged at this point.
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