Do not glorify mass killers/mass murderers.Individuals who attempt a mass murder are also allowed. A mass killer is defined as a single individual who commits a crime such that 3 or more individuals are killed in a short period of time, usually in the same physical space. Posts must reference mass killers/mass murderers - or "spree killers".This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.You must be 18+ to participate in r/masskillers. The brothers remain in prison, and the state is appealing the court’s decision.Ĭopyright 2014 The Associated Press. The Supreme Court vacated three of the Carr brothers’ four capital murder convictions and said sentencing on the fourth one was flawed. Heyka’s father, Larry Heyka, told The Associated Press he had not yet seen the ad and did not want to comment on it. Governor, you trying to exploit that terrible tragedy to help get re-elected is disgraceful.” I knew one of the victims of the Carr brothers. Brownback would run an ugly campaign of personal attacks, but I didn’t think the ads could get any sleazier,” Davis said.” I turned on my television this morning and I saw an ad that is running linking me to the Carr brothers’ murders. “When I decided to get into this race I knew that Gov. One woman survived a gunshot wound to the head.ĭavis said after the debate that he had known Heyka since high school, when the two competed in youth golfing events. Two women were raped repeatedly before all five were taken to the soccer field and shot. The armed intruders forced the five people there to have sex with each other and later to withdraw money from ATMs. The attack that culminated in the December 2000 deaths of 29-year-old Aaron Sander, 27-year-old Brad Heyka, 26-year-old Jason Befort, and Heather Muller, began when the brothers broke into a Wichita home, prosecutors said. “We have a system of selecting judges that has worked very well.”
Brownback has a long record of trying to get more and more and more power,” Davis said. “I will appoint judges that stay within the bounds of the law and the constitution.”ĭavis told reporters after the debate that he believes the governor doesn’t need more control over the selection of judges. “It matters what judges you appoint and whether they stick with the law and constitution or they rewrite it, this is important it hasn’t been discussed much in this campaign, but it critical on how you move forward in this state,” Brownback said during the debate. The system was changed during his administration to give him more power over appointments to the Kansas Court of Appeals, but it takes a constitutional amendment to give him similar authority to appoint justices to the Kansas Supreme Court. The Carr brothers were convicted of killing four people at close range in December 2000 at a Wichita soccer field.īrownback has long sought more power to directly appoint justices rather than use a longstanding merit system in which a committee comprised of lawyers and members of the public send up suggestions. The confrontation during their fourth and final debate came on the same day Brownback’s campaign released a television ad referencing brothers Reginald and Jonathan Carr, whose death sentences for a quadruple homicide were vacated by the state Supreme Court in July. Sam Brownback assailed Democratic challenger Paul Davis Tuesday as a liberal who would appoint Kansas Supreme Court justices overly sympathetic to violent criminals, and Davis accused the Republican incumbent of trying to exploit a high-profile Wichita murder case to boost his re-election chances. Business & Finance Click to expand menu.