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TOPEKA — The state Department of Corrections’ prisoner review board forwarded a recommendation to Gov. Laura Kelly on the executive clemency application of

Sarah Gonzales-McLinn faces long odds in her bid for clemency based on the rarity in which the Prisoner Review Board recommends approval

TOPEKA, Kansas — Sarah Gonzales-McLinn regrets killing Hal Sasko. She also regrets moving into his Lawrence home, where he repeatedly raped her until she channeled a lifetime of trauma into

After months of sexual abuse and torture, Sarah Gonzales-McLinn killed her rapist, but she was not allowed to talk about it at trial.

At every step, those who might have been expected to care for and protect a victim of grooming and human trafficking looked the other way.

In the years following a high-profile murder case, the Lawrence Police Department and The Willow Domestic Violence Center joined forces to help victims of human trafficking.

”Even after the abuse, after the violent slaying, the system failed (Sarah Gonzales-McLinn). The judge in her murder trial didn’t allow jurors to hear testimony about her abuse,” Clay Wirestone writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Sarah Gonzales-McLinn's killed Hal Sasko in 2014. Her appeal for clemency from Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly highlights grooming, bondage, pornography and undisclosed evidence.

The jury that convicted Sarah Gonzales-McLinn of first-degree murder in 2015 didn't know about the months of abuse that preceded her grisly crime. Now, her advocates hope to get her out of prison by convincing the governor to grant her clemency.

The Kansas City Chiefs are on their way to the Super Bowl after their 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday evening. It’s the third trip to the Super Bowl in four years for the Chiefs.