Under Kansas law, a judge has extensive discretion to order a defendant to complete certain tasks as a proviso of probation. But the exercise of that discretion cannot thwart the clear intent of the Legislature expressed in a specific statute. In other words, a judge cannot use his or her discretion, granted in a general statute, to ignore the clear commands stated in a specific statute. Here, as a condition of...
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