Kansas abolished capital punishment in 1907; in 1935, due to a sudden prevalence in the Midwest of rampaging professional criminals (Alvin "Old Creepy" Karpis, Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, Clyde Barrow and his homicidal sweetheart, Bonnie Parker), the state legislators voted to restore it.
Kansasek 1907an abolitu zuen heriotza-zigorra; 1935ean, Erdi Mendebaldean bat-batean gertatu zen gaizkile profesionalen neurrigabeko gorakada medio (Alvin 'Old Creepy' Karpis, Charles 'Pretty Boy' Floyd, Clyde Barrow eta Bonnie Parker bere amorante erailea), estatuko legegileek hura berrezartzearen aldeko botoa eman zuten.