[elbucko]

Death penalty will not be in play unless they can prove he committed murders after its re-instatement in 1994. Hope they can.

If he stopped prior to '94, it would be interesting to learn the reason.

[mjaneangels@aolcom]

"If he stopped prior to '94, it would be interesting to learn the reason."

Well, he started the killing in 1974, and the death penalty had been in effect here in Kansas until 1972. Do the math.

[syriacus]

If he stopped prior to '94, it would be interesting to learn the reason.

Maybe he could not be certain whether or not his potential victims had cellphones.

He liked to cut telephone lines to houses to make it impossible for his victims to call for help. Cellphones would wreck that routine.