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The Kentucky General Assembly abolished the felony murder rule with the enactment of Kentucky Revised Statutes § 507.020. Recognizing that an automatic application of the rule could result in conviction of murder without a culpable mindset, the Kentucky Legislature instead allowed the circumstances of a case, like the commission of a felony, to be considered separately.
Under Kentucky’s violent offender statute, people convicted of specified felonies classified as violent must serve most of their sentences — generally, 85% — before they are eligible for parole.
Kentucky Revised Statutes; University of Louisville Digital Collection: The statute law of Kentucky with notes, praelections, and observations on the public acts : comprehending also, the laws of Virginia and acts of Parliament in force in this commonwealth : the charter of Virginia, the federal and state constitutions, and so much of the king of England's proclamation in 1763 as relates to ...
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 retrial, applying the common law rule for mistrial. [2]
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A Harrison County man who bought a gun three days after a DVO was issued against him has had a federal charge dropped.
In 2008, there were 122,960 crimes reported in Kentucky, including 198 murders. [1] In 2020, there were 9,820 violent-crime incidents, and 11,349 offenses reported in Kentucky by 423 law enforcement agencies that submitted National Incident-Based Reporting System data, and covers 99% of the total population.
The shooting began at around 6:44 p.m. [1] when four sheriff's deputies arrived at a residence in Allen, Kentucky, to serve an emergency protective order related to a domestic violence situation. According to a witness, the gunman used the butt of a firearm to break out a window in front of the home and then began firing out of it. [3]