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Friday, February 13, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Cost may be less for death penalty
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Two state agencies are floating figures to Gov. Mike Hayden that indicate death penalty costs would not be as high as opponents say, but those fighting restoration of capital punishment in Kansas content the new numbers may be too low.
The figures, given to Hayden by the Department of Corrections and the state Board of Indigents' Defense Services, are significantly different. The figures estimate the capital improvement costs at state prisons to house inmates on death row and the state's cost in ensuring adequate defense for those accused of capital crimes.
The Department of Corrections has estimated the cost of capital improvements at almost $1.3 million for the next two fiscal years, said Larry Cowger, assistant to Richard Mills, secretary of corrections. Some judges have said capital improvements would cost the department $7 million.
In addition, the state might have to pay only $1.4 million for the defense costs in capital murder cases, said Ronald Miles, executive director of the public defender board. In a board report issued in December, the cost was estimated at $2.6 million.
However, two leading death penalty opponents in the Legislature were skeptical, noting the political climate surrounding the issue. And a University of Kansas law professor who
supplied the Legislature with cost estimates said both figures still might be too low.
"There's no question that a capital punishment system is inordinately more expensive than the system we have now," said David Gottlieb, the law professor, whose cost estimates have been quoted by death penalty opponents in the Legislature. "The only issue is how much more."
During legislative debate, opponents have cited cost as a reason for not approving the death penalty.
The House passed a bill which would make death by lethal injection a possible penalty for premeditated murder. Hayden campaigned last year on restoring capital punishment in Kansas.
Gottieb originally estimated the death penalty would cost the state $7 million a year, plus another $7 million for construction of a new death row. An estimate supplied by the Legislative Research Department was almost $10.9 million a year for defense costs alone.
However, Hayden has said he didn't think those figures were accurate. He calls the cost argument a "smoke screen" being used by foes.
Cowger said that Hayden asked Mills last month to prepare an estimate on the death penalty's costs to the department. Miles said the public defender's board supplied its own figure on defense costs to Hayden, also for routine budget purposes.
State may finance AIDS study force
The Associated Press
TOPEKA - Lt. Gov. Jack Walker today announced plans for a task force to study the risk of AIDS in Kansas and recommend a way to attack the problem.
Walker said in a Statehouse news conference that the cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome reported in Kansas were relatively low, compared to the rest of the country. However, since the first AIDS case was reported in 1982, the number of cases has risen to 53 in 1986 and 31 known deaths have occurred. he said.
"AIDS is clearly a life-threatening disease and a major public health issue." Walker said. "Its impact on us and will continue to be devastating."
"At the direction of Gov. Mike Hayden, I am proceeding to establish a special task force on AIDS. The problem of the task force will be to study the issue and try to come to grips with the delicate problem of educating the public in the area of prevention."
Walker said he envisioned a high-profile, prestigious board of possibly 10 Kansas residents who will make recommendations about sex education in schools and how to handle the issue. Walker will also news media. The task force will report its findings and recommendations to the 1988 Legislature.
"The task force will study if and
how sex education should be mandated," Walker said. "This is a serious problem and a major health problem that is potentially devastating in our world. We need to bite the bullet and address the problem candidly and out front."
Walker is the state Secretary of Health and Environment. His agency is responsible for tracking public health problems and fighting them.
Bob French, in charge of the agency's epidemiology wing, said Wyandotte and Johnson counties had the highest rates. Each county has more than 10 cases.
The agency refuses to identify counties which have fewer than 10 cases.
Walker said the cost of treating AIDS patients should be examined. Patients estimate the price tag for treating HIV, which amounts as high as $75,000 a year, he said.
The federal government is providing every state with funds to study the problem and Kansas will use part of its $120,000 grant for the AIDS task force. Walker said he expected the task force to be appointed and to hold its first meeting in April.
"We have to come up with a hard-hitting, straight forward education program and that's going to be controversial." Walker said. "It won't be easy and we are going to need the support, prestige and backing of a lot of people in Kansas. The whole focus of the task force is to spotlight the problem and educate our citizens."
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