Jennifer McDaniel

Jennifer McDaniel

  • Joined: March 16, 2023
  • Articles: 402

KS AG sponsors bill adding hypoxia option for executing capital murderers

TOPEKA — Attorney General Kris Kobach introduced a bill in the Kansas Legislature allowing the state corrections secretary to decide between intravenous injection of drugs or inhalation of a gas inducing suffocation when executing individuals sentenced to death in state courts.Kobach has joined other state attorneys general encouraging reliance on hypoxia for executions since Alabama in January became the first state to put to death a convicted murderer by subjecting a man to inhalation of pure nitrogen until dead.“If Kansas is going to have a death penalty, it needs to be possible to implement,” Kobach said.

Ask Amy: Extended family vacations prove stressful

Dear Amy: My husband’s entire extended family enjoys going on vacations together.While these family members are amazing, these vacations are very stressful for me.From trying to figure out what to pack, getting to the airport, checking in, the actual flight, collecting bags etc., the entire process is an anxious one for me.Then, while we are at our destination, I feel like I completely disappear as far as my husband is concerned.He is there to spend time with his family, not with me.He enjoys the company of our adult children, but barely even speaks to me.

Brighten the corner where you are

When you read or listen to the news, do you ever get the feeling that we should all just don capes and decoder rings and hit the streets defending our communities from injustice, inequity and all that ails humanity?