death penalty

A Kentucky judge has issued a pretrial order in a Lexington murder case that could have an impact on the minimum age for the death penalty across the…

Two chambers. Two lawmakers from different parties. Similar bills. Republican Representative Jason Nemes and Democrat Senator Gerald Neal are both filing…

Over the past 10 years, eight states have abolished or overturned their death penalties, while governors in four other states have issued moratoriums.So,…

Self-described political and social conservatives in northern Kentucky are forming an organization opposed to the death penalty. Andrew Vandiver, who…

Earlier this summer, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in an Oklahoma case that a controversial drug could be used in executions.Ironically, death penalty…

On the same day Pennsylvania's governor placed a moratorium on the death penalty in the Keystone state, a Kentucky lawmaker filed a bill to make what she…

The close of 2014 marks six years without an execution in the Bluegrass State. That's consistent with national trends, according to a new report from the…

There’s growing support in Kentucky to abolish the death penalty but it won’t happen during the current session of the state legislature.That’s according…

The controversial execution of a convicted killer in January at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville is under review by the State…

Kentucky’s public advocate says the state could substantially reduce its criminal justice costs by limiting the type of cases in which local prosecutors…