Prohibiting second and successive motions and ineffective counsel claims in habeas corpus actions and providing for direct appeal to the supreme court in habeas corpus appeals filed by inmates sentenced to death.

Summary

The bill would stop prisoners from filing multiple habeas corpus motions unless a new constitutional rule or previously undiscoverable facts apply, and would largely eliminate ineffective‑counsel arguments in later actions. It also makes a direct appeal to the Kansas Supreme Court a right for inmates sentenced to death seeking habeas relief. The measure died in committee.

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