The Carr brothers were sentenced to death for the Wichita murders in 2002. Supreme Court has agreed to review the cases.” Constitution,” Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, a Republican, said in a statement. “We have carefully analyzed the opinions of the Kansas Supreme Court and we do not believe they have correctly applied the U.S. The defendant, Sidney Gleason, was convicted of a double murder in 2004. ![]() Separately, the high court agreed to hear an appeal by the state of Kansas in another murder case that raised the same legal issue. ![]() Prosecutors say the death sentences should be re-imposed. ![]() The Supreme Court agreed only to hear the state’s case, not the appeal by the brothers. The brothers, Jonathan and Reginald Carr, and prosecutors appealed for different reasons after the Kansas Supreme Court last July threw out death sentences imposed on both men but left various convictions in place. ![]() Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by the state of Kansas seeking the death penalty for two brothers convicted in the execution-style murders of four people on a snowy soccer field in a 2000 crime spree called the Wichita Massacre. FILE – In this combination of 2013 file photos provided by the Kansas Department of Corrections, is Reginald D.
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