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- DECEMBER 17, 2004KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
facing a legal challenge in Franklin Circuit Court, the state Corrections Cabinet...
facing a legal challenge in Franklin Circuit Court, the state Corrections Cabinet...
- DECEMBER 14, 2004KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
a man who brutally attacked a family in 2002, killing two children, was sentenced to death
a man who brutally attacked a family in 2002, killing two children, was sentenced to death
- MARCH 24, 2004KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
In Kenton County, Circuit Judge Douglas Stephens followed...
In Kenton County, Circuit Judge Douglas Stephens followed the Jury's recommendations and sentenced Fred Furnish to death for a 2nd time for the July 25, 1998 robbery and murder of Ramona Jean Williamson
- JANUARY 1, 2004KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but allows the execution of juvenile offenders of 16 years and above
- JANUARY 1, 2004KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Bills were rejected in 2002 which would have given...
Bills were rejected in 2002 which would have given the Kentucky Criminal Justice Council the job of studying the death penalty in Kentucky; another proposing the introduction of a two year moratorium and proposing the abolishment of the death penalty were
- DECEMBER 8, 2003KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
On his final day in office, Gov
On his final day in office, Gov
- OCTOBER 4, 2003KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Sammy Fields, 31, was convicted of murder and first-degree...
Sammy Fields, 31, was convicted of murder and first-degree burglary Wednesday in a retrial
- JANUARY 1, 2003KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Bills were rejected in 2002 which would have given...
Bills were rejected in 2002 which would have given the Kentucky Criminal Justice Council the job of studying the death penalty in Kentucky; another proposing the introduction of a two year moratorium and proposing the abolishment of the death penalty were
- JANUARY 1, 2003KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but allows the execution of juvenile offenders of 16 years and above
- AUGUST 1, 2002KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Larry Osborne, 22, was freed after a jury acquitted...
Larry Osborne, 22, was freed after a jury acquitted him in a second trial of murdering an 82-year-old man and his 76-year-old wife in December 1997
- APRIL 17, 2002KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
A Barren County Circuit Court jury in the retrial of...
A Barren County Circuit Court jury in the retrial of the death penalty phase for David Leroy Skaggs returned a unanimous verdict upholding the death penalty for the 1981 murders of Herman and Mae Matthews
- JANUARY 1, 2002KentuckyDEATH 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