Death sentences do not serve victims’ families or the public. Kansas governor should commute them.

By: Celeste Dixon

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: July 8, 2026

Words: 637

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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It has been nearly 40 years since my mother, Marguerite, was murdered in a small town near Houston. It has been almost 19 years since the man who murdered her was executed. His death did not heal my pain — I still miss my mother every day — and it did not feel like “justice.”

Instead, my personal experience with the death penalty left me firmly convinced that it is both a false promise to …

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