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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.
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The aggravating factors making murder, kidnapping, or armed robbery punishable by death are the following: [5] The murder or kidnapping was committed by a person with a prior record of conviction for a capital offense, or the offense of murder was committed by a person who has a substantial history of serious assaultive criminal convictions;
Kentucky State Police said they arrested six men from Central Kentucky and from Michigan as a result of the month-long investigation. Guns, heroin, cocaine, meth seized in Central Ky. trafficking ...
This is a list of people who died in the last 5 days with an article at the English Wikipedia. For people without an English Wikipedia page see: Wikipedia:Database reports/Recent deaths (red links). Generally updated at least daily, last time: 15:23, 28 February 2025 (UTC).
Three suspects have been taken into custody after a shooting in Bath County left one man dead, according to Kentucky State Police. The Eastern Kentucky shooting happened shortly before 6 a.m ...
A sweeping investigation into suspected drug trafficking rings has produced more than 200 arrests and drug seizures valued at nearly $685,000, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday. A Kentucky ...
Kentucky: 21 November 2008 [85] Marco Allen Chapman: aggravated murder: lethal injection: C Louisiana: 7 January 2010 [86] Gerald James Bordelon: aggravated murder: lethal injection: A Maine: 21 November 1885: Daniel Wilkinson: murder: hanging: A Maryland: 5 December 2005 [87] Wesley Eugene Baker: aggravated murder: lethal injection: A ...