Tag: statutory interpretation
Updated on September 10, 2024
Breaking the Age Limit: Compensating Juveniles for Wrongful Incarceration in Kansas
Author: Drew Elizabeth Davis, Comment Editor Intro In 2018, the Kansas Legislature enacted Section 60-5004 of the Kansas Statutes, which establishes “civil action[s] for persons who were wrongfully convicted and imprisoned.”[1] The statute provides that if an individual …
Updated on September 10, 2024
Lost in Translation? Interpreters’ Out-of-Court Statements Should Be Admissible Under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-460(d)(1)
By: Hayley Koontz, Comment Editor I. Introduction Maria is in a hospital because she lost consciousness after her ex-boyfriend broke into her home and hit her repeatedly. Maria provides an account of her experience to a social worker. …
Updated on September 10, 2024
Lucky Number 13: Why Courts have Discretion to Allow Debtors to Cure Chapter 13 Arrearages after Five Years
By: Richard Weber, Comment Editor I. Intro “I, declare…bankruptcy!”[1] In the television show The Office, paper supplies manager Michael Scott believes all that is necessary to declare bankruptcy is to verbally “declare” bankruptcy.[2] Fortunately, one of his co-workers …