New sentencing commission appointments

Here is the governor's press release announcing that Dan Monnat and Thomas Drees have been appointed to fill expiring terms on the Kansas Sentencing Commission. Given Dan's long and distinguished career in criminal defense, he is a great choice for the defense attorney appointment on the Commission. Here is a Wichita Eagle article showing that some fanatics have to protest anything that Dr. Tiller related. I wonder if this is the first time that a Sentencing Commission appointment made the news? And I wonder if some of the talking heads even know what the Sentencing Commission does?