Topic - Kansas Supreme Court

The Kansas Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in the state of Kansas. Composed of seven justices, led by Chief Justice Lawton Nuss, the court supervises the legal profession, administers the judicial branch, and serves as the state court of last resort in the appeals process. - Source: Wikipedia

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This combination of 2013 file photos provided by the Kansas Department of Corrections shows Reginald Carr, left, and Jonathan Carr. (Kansas Department of Corrections via AP, File)

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FILE - Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach answers questions from reporters during a news conference outside his office, May 1, 2023, in Topeka, Kan. On Wednesday, Oct. 11, Kansas' Republican attorney general asked the state's highest court to reward the GOP-controlled Legislature for following through on a decade's worth of court-mandated education funding increases by making it harder for local school districts to force higher spending in the future. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

With funding for Kansas schools higher, the attorney general wants to close their lawsuit

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This combination of 2013 file photos provided by the Kansas Department of Corrections shows Reginald Carr, left, and Jonathan Carr. The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, to hear the appeals the two brothers who were sentenced to death for four fatal shootings in a soccer field in December 2000 known as “the Wichita massacre.” (Kansas Department of Corrections via AP, File)

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FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2019 file photo, Montgomery County Judge F. William Cullins, right, of Montgomery County, Kansas, confers with his attorney, Christopher Joseph, during a break in his disciplinary hearing in Topeka, Kansas. Cullins, who cursed at courthouse employees so often that a trial clerk kept a “swear journal” documenting his obscene outbursts, should be publicly censured and receive professional coaching, but his removal from the bench is not warranted, a disciplinary panel recommended Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

Kansas Supreme Court suspends foul-mouthed judge from bench

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Kansas Supreme Court Justice Carol Beier plans to retire

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FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2019 file photo, District Judge F. William Cullins, right, of Montgomery County, Kansas, confers with his attorney, Christopher Joseph, during a break in his disciplinary hearing, in Topeka, Kansas. The foul-mouthed Kansas judge who cursed at courthouse employees so often that a trial clerk kept a &quot;swear journal&quot; documenting his obscene outbursts should be publicly censured and receive professional coaching, but his removal from the bench is not warranted, a disciplinary panel recommended Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. The findings by the Kansas Commission on Judicial Conduct on Montgomery County Judge F. William Cullins will be sent to the Kansas Supreme Court for a final decision. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

Panel seeks censure, coaching for foul-mouthed Kansas judge

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Kansas Supreme Court denies request to withdraw murder pleas

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