how many inmates are on death row in kansas
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title: Capital punishment in Kansas text: has alone the clemency power, after receiving a non-binding recommendation from a board. In 2004, the Kansas Supreme Court in a 4 to 3 decision ruled state's death penalty statute to be unconstitutional. The decision was later reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court in "Kansas v. Marsh" (2005), effectively reinstating the statute. Capital murder is punishable by death if it involves one of the following aggravating factors: Currently, there are 10 people on death row, all males. Lethal injection is the only permitted method of execution. Generally, death sentences are rarely passed in Kansas. There is no "death row" in title: Death row text: on death row in the United States on January 1, 2013. Since 1977, the states of Texas (464), Virginia (108) and Oklahoma (94) have executed the most death row inmates. , California (683), Florida (390), Texas (330) and Pennsylvania (218) housed more than half of all inmates pending on death row. , the longest-serving prisoner on death row in the US who has been executed was Jack Alderman who served over 33 years. He was executed in Georgia in 2008. However, Alderman only holds the distinction of being the longest-serving "executed" inmate so far. A Florida inmate, Gary Alvord, arrived title: Capital punishment in Kansas text: Capital punishment in Kansas Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Kansas but it is rarely used. Kansas is one of only two death-penalty states, along with New Hampshire, where no executions have been carried out since the 1976 reinstatement of capital punishment in the United States. When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous. In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, a life sentence is issued, even if a single juror opposed death. There is no retrial. The Governor title: Presidency of Joseph Estrada text: punishable by death penalty. But perhaps the best indicator that this law is not a deterrent to criminality is the ever-increasing number of death convicts. From 1994 to 1995 the number of persons on death row increased from 12 to 104. From 1995 to 1996 it increased to 182. In 1997 the total death convicts was at 520 and in 1998 the inmates in death row was at 781. As of November 1999 there are a total of 956 death convicts at the National Bilibid Prisons and at the Correctional Institute for Women. As of December 31, 1999, based on title: Capital punishment in Kansas text: the only crime punishable by death. Despite reinstatement, no one has been executed since. Capital punishment in Kansas Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Kansas but it is rarely used. Kansas is one of only two death-penalty states, along with New Hampshire, where no executions have been carried out since the 1976 reinstatement of capital punishment in the United States. When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous. In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, a life sentence is