LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) _ Kansans who were denied pardons by Gov.
Sam Brownback in 2011 ranged from convicted murderers to alleged
traffic law violators.

Brownback denied all 39 pardon requests last year.

The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/ArQerD ) submitted an
open records request to Brownback's office, which provided the
letters from the governor's office to pardon applicants.

The Kansas Prison Review Board, which reviews pardons before
sending them to the governor, denied the open records request for
the full pardon applications, citing an exemption in the Kansas
Open Records Act.

The pardon requests include 10 people convicted of murder or
manslaughter and a 63-year-old Wichita man who says he was wrongly convicted of a right-of-way traffic violation. Eddie Mendia
operates the nonprofit Homeless Search Corp., and says he was
pulled over because of his Mexican heritage.