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    Kansas Supreme Court Justice Johnson to retire in September

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    By KMAN Staff on July 11, 2019 State News
    FILE - In this May 9, 2019 file photo, Kansas Supreme Court Justice Lee Johnson looks over documents as he listens to oral arguments in Topeka, Kan. Johnson, whose votes in death penalty cases made him a political target, plans to retire from the bench Sept. 8, 2019. Johnson announced his decision Wednesday, June 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel File)

    TOPEKA — A Kansas Supreme Court justice whose votes in death penalty cases made him a political target plans to retire from the bench Sept. 8.

    The decision announced Wednesday by Justice Lee Johnson will give Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly her first appointment to the seven-member high court. It will not require Kansas Senate confirmation.

    Johnson was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2007 by Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius after serving six years on the state Court of Appeals.

    He and other justices drew criticism for overturning death sentences in several capital murder cases.

    In 2014, a group formed by victims’ friends and family sought to oust Johnson in a statewide yes-or-no vote on whether he would stay on the court. The vote to retain him was less than 53 percent.

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