Kentucky
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- JANUARY 1, 2001KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- DECEMBER 29, 2000KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Rep. Tom Burch (D-Louisville), who in 1974 voted to...
Rep. Tom Burch (D-Louisville), who in 1974 voted to reinstate the death penalty because he believed it was a deterrent, said he now intends to introduce legislation to abolish capital punishment in Kentucky. "I was just wrong," said Burch of his 1974 vote
- JANUARY 1, 2000KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JUNE 1, 1999KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
In June, the Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death...
In June, the Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty decided a yearlong campaign of public education, recruiting, statewide organizing and the lobbying of legislators, to culminate in a bill before the 2000 General Assembly to end capital punishme
- MAY 26, 1999KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Double murderer Eddie Harper, who after 16 years on...
Double murderer Eddie Harper, who after 16 years on death row said he preferred death over life, was executed by injection on May 26
- JANUARY 1, 1999KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
In 1998, Kentucky became the only state to pass a racial...
In 1998, Kentucky became the only state to pass a racial justice act
- JANUARY 1, 1999KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders