Kansas Supreme Court affirms death sentences for brothers responsible for ‘Wichita massacre’

TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of the brothers who went on a crime spree in 2000 in Wichita, putting an end to two decades of attempts to alter the brothers’ fates.

Reginald and Jonathan Carr were initially convicted of more than 90 counts, including capital murder, kidnapping and rape charges, after nine days of crimes known as the “Wichita massacre.”

The Kansas Supreme Court unanimously agreed to uphold the brothers’ death sentences in a pair of 23-page opinions published Friday that asserted the sentences had already been resolved…

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