Fierce blowback to parole decision in 1973 murder case could uproot Kansas’ system

Fierce blowback to parole decision in 1978 murder case could uproot Kansas’ system

A Kansas Highway Patrol officer on Aug. 16, 2023, stands outside the Marion County Courthouse in Marion, Kansas. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)TOPEKA — Jimmie Nelms was caught on a dead-end road. He rammed his 1973 white Mercury Marquis through a metal gate and a wire fence into a pasture, then head-on into a Kansas Highway Patrol car that had been tailing him. After a shootout, he and two others were arrested. Police eventually tied …

Fierce blowback to parole decision in 1973 murder case could uproot Kansas’ system

TOPEKA — Jimmie Nelms was caught on a dead-end road. He rammed his 1973 white Mercury Marquis through a metal gate and a wire fence into a pasture, then head-on into a Kansas Highway Patrol car that had been tailing…