Kansas lawmakers have decided not to vote on a proposed fix to the state’s death penalty statute, a decision that could put the future of the law in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2004, the Kansas Supreme Court overturned the death penalty because of the way jurors were instructed in capital cases. Some legislators are hoping that the U.S. Supreme Court will reverse the Kansas court’s decision. It could be months before the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether to take the case. Until then, no person convicted of murder in Kansas is eligible to receive a death sentence under the current law. Some senators said that a legislative remedy to the statute would have meant that those who received the death penalty under the old law could not be resentenced to death. A bill to abolish the state’s death penalty was also sent back without a full senate vote. (Kansas City Star, February 22, 2005). See Recent Legislative Activity.