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Alito Breaks Tie, Kan. Death Penalty Stays

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 affirming Kansas's death penalty statute. Writing for the majority, Justice Clarence Thomas disputed the claim by critics that the law created "a general presumption in favor of the death penalty in the state of Kansas." Justice David H. Souter, writing for the liberals, said the law was "morally absurd."