TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man who spent 15 years in prison for a killing he didn’t commit says his case is a good example of why the state should repeal its death penalty.

Floyd Bledsoe was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in the 1999 slaying of Camille Arfmann in Oskaloosa. He was freed in December after new DNA evidence was discovered and his brother, Tom, admitted killing Arfmann in a suicide note.

Although he wasn’t sentenced to death, Floyd Bledsoe says his conviction shows how innocent people sometimes are punished for crimes they didn’t commit.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports a bipartisan bill in the Kansas House sponsored by a retired judge would repeal the state’s death penalty for anyone convicted of a capital crime after July 1.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Students at a Lawrence high school want to ban the Confederate flag throughout the school district.

Students at Free State High School have started a petition to ban the Confederate flag and plan to present it to the Lawrence school board at an upcoming meeting.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports  the move comes after school administrators told a student he could not fly a Confederate flag on the vehicle he parked in the school parking lot.

Abena Peasah, a senior at Free State and one of the students who drafted the petition, says she wants the district to ban the Confederate flag. The petition has more than 200 signatures.

Peasah says she’s working to add the proposal to the Lawrence school board’s agenda. The board’s next meeting is Feb. 8.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Lawrence couple who sought permission to get married in a local cemetery will have to find another venue to proclaim their undying love.

Abbie Stutzer told The Lawrence Journal-World in an email she thought Oak Hill Cemetery would provide a “nice, memorable” venue for a Halloween evening wedding this fall.

The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department denied the request about a week after she submitted her proposal. Mark Hecker, assistant director of Parks and Recreation, said the cemetery wedding just wasn’t a good idea, particularly if a funeral was also scheduled for that day.

Hecker said getting married on land owned by Parks and Recreation actually doesn’t take a special permit, though reservations are required for certain facilities.

JIM SUHR, Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas lawmaker wants to require two hours of suicide-prevention training for teachers as a way to reduce the number of teen suicides.

Republican Sen. Greg Smith is a suburban Kansas City school teacher and former police officer who thinks the free training under his bill could help educators better spot warning signs in troubled students.

During a recent Senate Education Committee hearing on the issue, several Kansas parents whose sons and daughters took their own lives pressed the need for the training. No opponents testified.

Smith’s bill is modeled after the Jason Flatt Act already in effect in 16 states. The act is named after a 16-year-old Tennessee boy who killed himself in 1997.

OTTAWA COUNTY – A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 2p.m. on Sunday in Ottawa County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Chevy Classic driven by Judith A Chrisman, 72 Mineapolis, was southbound on Kansas 106 seven miles south of Minneapolis.

The vehicle left the roadway and struck a stock trailer illegally parked on the side of the road.

A private vehicle transported Chrisman to the hospital in Minneapolis.

She was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) — Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the capital murder trial of a man accused of killing four people in eastern Kansas in 2013.

Kyle Trevor Flack is charged with capital murder in Franklin County in the shooting deaths of Kaylie Smith Bailey and her 18-month-old daughter. He’s also charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Andrew A. Stout and Steven White.

Stout, White and Kaylie Bailey were found dead at Stout’s farm in Ottawa, about 50 miles southwest of Kansas City. Bailey’s daughter’s body was found a few days later in neighboring Osage County.

Flack has been in custody since shortly after the bodies were discovered.

The Kansas City Star reports that jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday. Authorities say jury selection could take two weeks.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A bill in the Kansas Legislature would allow people to register to vote on Election Day and cast a ballot the same day.

“Same-day registration” is allowed in 10 states and the District of Columbia, but under Kansas law requires voters to be registered at least 21 days before an election.

Rep. Gail Finney, a Wichita Democrat, is sponsoring the same-day voter registration bill, which would allow voters to go to their county election office within 20 days before an election, or to their local polling place on Election Day, and cast a ballot at the same time they register.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach told The Lawrence Journal-World while he hadn’t seen Finney’s bill, he believes same-day voter registration can lead to people voting more than once.

GEARY COUNTY -Bond has been set at one million dollars each for two Junction City residents, Joseph “DoDa” Craig, 24, and Gabrielle “Gabby” Williams, 19.

They were arrested in connection with the shooting death of  24-year old David Phillips of Manhattan.

Phillips was found dead from gunshot wounds to the head at an 827 West 12th Street, Apartment C location on January 25.

Joseph Craig and Gabrielle Williams both had first appearances in Geary County District Court on Friday.

According to the Geary County Attorney’s Office status hearings and preliminary hearings for both defendants have been scheduled on February 11th in District Court.

According to Junction City police, Joseph Craig was arrested on suspicion of Felony Murder, Aggravated Kidnapping, Aggravated Robbery, Aggravated Intimidation of a Witness and Conspiracy. Gabrielle Williams was arrested on suspicion of Felony Murder, Aggravated Robbery, and Conspiracy. Formal court charges have not yet been filed.