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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.
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;
Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Mark Serrott granted a motion Thursday for a new trial for LaRoy Robinson prior to Robinson's sentencing in a murder case.
A Scott County man sentenced for the murder of his 18-year-old girlfriend had his parole request deferred Tuesday morning and will have to wait a decade for the Kentucky Parole Board to again ...
A man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the shooting deaths of his three young sons at their Ohio home last year. A Clermont County judge sentenced Chad ...
Mandatory sentence Second Degree Murder Life (parole eligibility after 25 years; 20 years if crime was committed before July 1, 2015) or no less than 10 years (eligible for parole after serving half the sentence) First Degree Murder Life without parole or life (parole eligibility after 25 years; 20 years if crime was committed before July 1, 2015)
The jury recommended a sentence of 20 years in prison. Byrd, of Oneida, Tenn., crashed into a police cruiser driven by Logan Medlock, 26, an officer with the London Police Department, early Oct ...
In 2015, the Ohio Supreme Court reversed the decision, ruling that the legislation can be applied retroactively, and ordered the court of appeals to reconsider Johnston's case. [1] A new trial again found Johnston innocent, but in 2016 the Franklin County Court of Appeals again overturned the right to seek compensation, citing Mansaray.