Kansas · Kansas Statutes Annotated — Chapter 21, Crimes and Punishments

K.S.A. Ch. 21 § 21-5401: Capital murder

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

Capital murder is the intentional, premeditated killing of a person under specific circumstances, including during kidnapping for ransom, pursuant to a contract to kill, by an inmate, during certain sex crimes, of a law enforcement officer, of multiple persons, or of a child under 14 during kidnapping with intent to commit a sex offense.

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