Kentucky Governor Paul Patton recently announced that...
Kentucky Governor Paul Patton recently announced that he would support a bill to abolish the death penalty for those who commit crimes as 16- or 17-year olds
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Kentucky Governor Paul Patton recently announced that he would support a bill to abolish the death penalty for those who commit crimes as 16- or 17-year olds. Kentuckians tend to agree with Patton. A survey last year found that 79% thought that prison, not death, was the appropriate sentence for juveniles convicted of murder.
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- (Sources: Herald Leader, 31/10/2001)
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