LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky lawmakers are moving forward with restoring the state's death penalty despite Gov. Andy Beshear's veto. On Tuesday, the General Assembly overrode Beshear's veto of Senate ...

A bill that would clear the way for executions of death row inmates to resume in the commonwealth is headed to Gov. Andy Beshear’s desk after it passed in the Kentucky Senate on April 1. Senate Bill ...

There are currently 45 women in the United States that are on death row after they were found guilty of heinous acts, ...

TOP PROSECUTOR IS TRYING TO BRING EXECUTIVE EXECUTIONS BACK TO KENTUCKY. THE KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE ARGUED TODAY FOR THE DISMISSAL OF A 2006 CASE THAT’S AT THE CENTER OF THE 16 YEAR BAN ON ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - The status of the death penalty in Kentucky was argued in a Franklin Circuit courtroom Monday. A Franklin Circuit judge heard arguments between the attorney general’s legal ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The top law enforcement officer in Kentucky is fighting to restore the state’s death penalty. Attorney General Russell Coleman’s office has asked the Franklin Circuit Court to dismiss ...

The pause in executions revolves around repeated challenges that allege Kentucky’s execution protocols violated inmate’s rights, including its safeguards for prisoners with intellectual disabilities ...

(LEX 18) — Kentucky lawmakers have overridden the governor's veto of a bill designed to streamline the state's death penalty process. The Senate and House gave final passage to Senate Bill 251, which ...