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After years of efforts, a bill that would abolish the death penalty in Kentucky received its first legislative hearing on Wednesday, but it failed to…
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Allen Ault admits to being a murderer.But Ault isn’t behind bars, nor was he tried for his “crimes." He’s currently dean of Criminal Justice Studies at…
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Kentucky lawmakers are set to embark on a discussion of whether executions should have a place in Kentucky's criminal justice system and, if so, how…
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State Sen. Gerald Neal, a Democrat from Louisville, plans to introduce a bill in January to abolish the death penalty.It’s legislation Neal has brought to…
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A Kentucky judge has expressed concerns about the state's plan to use a single drug to carry out lethal injections after the same method resulted in…
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A national conservative group says the effort to get rid of the death penalty in Kentucky is picking up substantial bipartisan support. But legislation to…
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The Kentucky Supreme Court is set to hear an appeal in the long-running case of an escaped inmate from an Oklahoma prison facing a death sentence in the…
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Two Kentucky lawmakers have introduced bills that would eliminate the death penalty and replace it with life without parole.Democratic Sen. Gerald Neal of…