EU APPEALS TO US STATE OF KENTUCKY TO STOP EXECUTIONS

the European Union appealed to the governor of the US state of Kentucky to commute the execution of a convicted cop-killer. The EU protested a decision last week by the US Supreme Court to allow the continued use of lethal injection as a means for carrying out the death penalty. The EU also restated its opposition to capital punishment. “The European Union notes with disappointment the US Supreme Court's decision on this case and renews its call on Gov Ernie Fletcher to commute the sentence,” an EU statement said. It was the second such direct EU appeal in less then a year, after it called on Gov Rick Perry to impose a moratorium on capital punishment in Texas in August.