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When the Commonwealth's Attorney seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous. Kentucky is the only state without provision on what happens if the penalty phase of the trial results in a hung jury. Thus, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that in cases that end with a hung jury, the judge must order a penalty ...
Another execution of note in Kentucky was that of Rainey Bethea. Bethea was executed by hanging on 14 August 1936 for the rape of 70-year-old Lischia Edwards. He had also confessed to her murder by strangling but the Commonwealth indicted him only on the rape charge since that was the only capital crime for which the penalty was public hanging ...
A death penalty case that brings up issues of bias inherent within Kentucky’s death penalty system. | Your Feb. 27 Daily Briefing.
From the creation of the state’s modern death penalty system in 1975 up to 2020, 82 people have been sentenced to death in Kentucky, according to a 2022 study of the state’s death penalty ...
Ky. sheriff faces death penalty on murder charge for allegedly killing longtime judge pal in his chambers. Anna Young. November 21, 2024 at 11:09 PM.
Prisoners sentenced to death by Kentucky (1 C, 4 P) E. People executed by Kentucky (5 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Capital punishment in Kentucky"
Booker, for complete ruling). On August 30, 2023, lawyers for Pike used the November 2022 Supreme Court ruling (State v. Booker) in an attempt to reopen her bid to have her 1996 conviction and sentence thrown out. Pike's lawyers argued her young age and damaged mental health at the time of the killing should spare her from facing execution.
Kentucky has not executed a person in more than 15 years. Attorney General Russell Coleman wants to change that, potentially opening the door for Kentucky’s 20-plus people on death row to be ...