Three Strikes and Habitual Offender Laws in Kansas

Kansas does not have a general 'three strikes' sentence; prior convictions instead raise a person's criminal history category on the sentencing grid, which lengthens the presumptive sentence. For sex crimes, an 'aggravated habitual sex offender' (a person convicted of a listed sexually violent crime after two or more prior sexually violent crime convictions) must be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. A 'persistent sex offender' (a sexually violent crime with one prior such conviction, or rape with a prior rape conviction) receives double the maximum presumptive prison term.