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The Kentucky House of Representatives passed a bill Monday banning the death penalty for people with some severe mental illnesses.House Bill 148 would ban…
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A new national report on racial disparities in the death penalty explores two high-profile cases that are winding their way through the courts here in…
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The Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday over whether 18 to 21 year-olds should receive the death penalty. This was during a special hearing in…
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A Tennessee inmate set to be executed this week is asking the state to die by electric chair over lethal injection, calling the move the "lesser of two…
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Death penalty supporters and opponents both say that Kentucky’s capital punishment system is too expensive, lengthy and in need of reform.Kentucky has had…
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The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that part of Kentucky’s death law in unconstitutional.The decision stems from a case involving a man convicted of…
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The mention of “death row” conjures images of inmates pacing in their cells, awaiting executions. But in Kentucky, defendants have little reason to fear…
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After decades of defending capital punishment, some conservative Republicans are walking away from the death penalty.In Kentucky, lawmakers such as Rep.…
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A new poll shows Kentuckians overwhelmingly support prison time over capital punishment for people convicted of first-degree murder.Findings from a recent…