Wyandotte County judge dismisses death penalty challenge on procedural grounds

Wyandotte County judge dismisses death penalty challenge on procedural grounds

The American Civil Liberties Union's latest challenge to constitutionality of the Kansas death penalty is derailed when two murder defendants make deals to avoid the potential of execution, but Cassandra Stubbs, director of the ACLU’s Capital Punishment Project, says the cases expose "uncomfortable truths to state prosecutors, the courts and the public about the deep flaws and injustices embedded in the death penalty system." (Allison Kite/Kansa…