Kansas may implement monthly court closures to ease budget deficit
November 10, 2009
[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Kansas [official website] has announced that it may have to shut down state courts for one week every month as a result of an $8 million judiciary budget deficit created by a legislative oversight. The shortfall resulted from the state senate cutting $11 million from th....... [more] 
Supreme Court rules statement to jailhouse informant can be used for impeachment
April 29, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday ruled [opinion, PDF] 7-2 in Kansas v. Ventris [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that a defendant's statement made without a knowing and voluntary waiver of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel may be used for im....... [more]
Supreme Court hears fee assignment, collective bargaining cases
December 1, 2008
'[JURIST] The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In Kansas v. Colorado, the Court heard arguments on whether the Supreme Court must abide by Congressional rules regarding expert witness costs when the case falls under the Supreme....... [more]
Kansas church to defy federal appeals ruling upholding funeral protests ban
August 27, 2008
'[JURIST] Followers of the Kansas-based fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church plan to stage a protest at the funeral for late Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) Saturday, despite a federal appeals court ruling last week that upheld an Ohio law....... [more]
Kansas City Diocese reaches settlement with abuse victims
August 21, 2008
'[JURIST]] The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City announced on Thursday that it has agreed to pay$10 million to settle 47 sexual abuse claims against the church. The deal also required the church to publicly renounce the alleged behavior and to take....... [more]
Kansas high court rules juveniles have constitutional right to jury trial
June 21, 2008
'[JURIST] The Kansas Supreme Court ruled 6-1 Friday that juvenile defendants in the state have a constitutional right to a jury trial. The Court found that recent changes to the Kansas Juvenile Justice Code made juvenile proceedings"more akin to an....... [more]
Kansas governor signs new law banning funeral picketing
April 3, 2008
'[JURIST] Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius Thursday signed legislation that bans protests within 150 feet of a funeral one hour before, during and two hours after the end of a service. The Kansas funeral privacy act also prohibits impeding a procession by....... [more]
Kansas top court rules against law banning funeral picketing
March 11, 2008
'[JURIST] The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state''s anti-funeral picketing law is unconstitutional, finding that it violates the separation of powers doctrine implied by the Kansas constitution. The court ruled that the law''s judicial....... [more]
Federal jury orders military funeral protesters to pay $11M to father of Marine
October 31, 2007
'[JURIST] A federal jury awarded the father of a fallen Marine almost$11 million in damages Wednesday for harm caused by a Kansas Christian fundamentalist church''s protests at his son''s funeral. Albert Snyder filed a lawsuit last year against Westboro....... [more]
US soldier jailed for Abu Ghraib detainee abuse released on parole
October 2, 2007
'[JURIST] Former US Army Reserve Staff Sergeant Ivan"Chip" Frederick was released on parole Monday from a military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he was incarcerated for three years after pleading guilty to abusing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib....... [more]
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