Ex-Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nuss Testifies Before Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
April 27, 2026
April 27, 2026
WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Lawton R. Nuss, former Kansas Supreme Court chief justice, from an April 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Programs for Justice-Involved Veterans":
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A combat veteran told me he would have been better off being killed in Afghanistan instead of coming home and being arrested for committing a civilian crime. As he described his shame, "I went from hero to v . . .
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A combat veteran told me he would have been better off being killed in Afghanistan instead of coming home and being arrested for committing a civilian crime. As he described his shame, "I went from hero to v . . .