Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-113

  • Capital offense: A crime punishable by death.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

Whenever any criminal charged with a capital offense, or with any felony, shall escape, or whenever any heinous crime has been committed in this state, the governor may offer a reward for information leading to the apprehension, delivery, or conviction, of such criminal or the perpetrator of such crime: Provided, That in no case shall the reward so offered exceed the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000).