USA - Kansas. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-5 to send a bill that would abolish the death penalty to an interim study committee

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-5 today to send a bill that would abolish the death penalty to an interim study committee rather than advancing it to the chamber floor for debate. The bill would bar new death sentences after July 1. It would not have affected the 10 state inmates already awaiting execution.