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• Appeals Court Set To Hear Death Penalty Case

  November 29, 2011 9:06 AM

  LOUISVILLE (AP) - A federal appeals court will hear arguments over whether a judge made the correct decision in throwing out the death sentence of a western Kentucky man who pleaded guilty to killing an honor student in 1997. The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals set the case of... more »

• Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Will Face Death Penalty

  July 6, 2011 11:39 AM

  FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood rampage in Texas will be court-martialed and face the death penalty. Fort Hood's commanding general announced the decision Wednesday for Maj. Nidal Hasan. The 40-year-old is expected to appear in a Fort Hood courtroom... more »

• Man Charged In Ex-Girlfriend's Murder Can Now Face Death Penalty In Case Play Video

  February 1, 2011 1:34 PM

  A man accused of raping and killing his ex-girlfriend in 2009 may now face the death penalty after the judge in the case agreed to combine the charges Tuesday in court. Bass Webb, 31, is accused of raping and murdering Bryia Runiewicz, 32, whose body was found in her... more »

• Suspect May Face Death In Perry County Doctor's Murder; Trial Date Set Play Video

  October 13, 2010 6:13 PM

  The trial for the man accused of killing a Perry County doctor in his office is set to go to trial after a judge heard motions in the case Wednesday about the death penalty and also set a trial date. Family for both Dr. Dennis Sandlin and the man... more »

• Judge Won't Rule Out Death Penalty In Leslie County Murder Case Play Video

  August 4, 2010 5:19 PM

  A southeastern Kentucky judge has refused to rule out the death penalty as a possible punishment for a man accused in the murders of five people. The trial of Clayton Jackson was delayed earlier this year in Leslie County by a medical issue. The trial remains rescheduled for next March.... more »

• Prosecutor Seeking Death Penalty In Eastern Kentucky Doctor's Slaying Play Video

  July 12, 2010 3:32 PM

  (AP) - A prosecutor says she will seek the death penalty against a man charged with killing a popular doctor last year in his rural Appalachian clinic. Perry's Commonwealth Attorney Teresa Reed said in an interview with The Associated Press that she filed the notice Monday in the case against... more »

• Lawyers Argue Over Kentucky Death Penalty Law

  July 2, 2010 2:39 PM

  COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A public defender is arguing that Kentucky's death penalty law is unconstitutional. Joanne Lynch argued Thursday in Kenton Circuit Court that Kentucky's statute is "arbitrary and capricious" because prosecutors decide whether to seek the death penalty. Lynch says that means if two people are convicted of... more »

• Prosecutors Will Seek Death Penalty In Nunn Murder Case Play Video

  April 6, 2010 6:00 PM

  Prosecutors said Tuesday that they will see the death penalty against former Kentucky lawmaker Steve Nunn, who is accused in the shooting death of his ex-fiancee. Nunn, a longtime lawmaker and the son of a former governor, was ruled competent to stand trial Monday after being evaluated by a team... more »

• Kentucky On Verge Of Execution Flurry

  April 4, 2010 1:12 PM

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky has executed rarely since the reinstatement of the death penalty three decades ago, but a half-dozen inmates could exhaust their appeals by the end of the year. The state is on the verge of re-enacting the process that uses a three-drug cocktail to execute inmates,... more »

• State To Pursue Death Penalty For Confessed Serial Killer Play Video

  March 18, 2010 10:30 AM

  The Commonwealth's Attorney said the state plans to pursue the death penalty for a Pulaski County man who confessed to two other murders after his arrest for allegedly murdering an elderly man in January. 46-year old Michael Abner faces murder and robbery charges in the January 12 stabbing death of... more »

• Death Penalty Sought In Northern Kentucky Murder Case Play Video

  December 3, 2009 11:32 AM

  BURLINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Prosecutors in Northern Kentucky say they'll seek the death penalty in the murder of a mathematician who was retired from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. The Kentucky Enquirer reported a prosecutor told a judge in Burlington on Thursday she intends to ask for capital... more »

• Man Charged In McCreary County Murder May Face Death Penalty Play Video

  November 2, 2009 11:38 AM

  The man arrested for a McCreary County murder could face the death penalty. Patricia Stephens, 61, was found dead in her Pine Knot home back in September. Ronnie Laxton, 41, is charged with robbing and murdering Stephens. Laxton was indicted on charges of capital murder, first-degree robbery and theft by... more »

• Ballard's Siblings Describe Abusive Father In Sentencing Testimony Play Video

  October 28, 2009 12:49 PM

  Two sisters and a brother of the man convicted Tuesday in the murder of a six-year-old Clark County boy testified in the sentencing phase of the trial Wednesday that their brother was the victim of an abusive childhood. Lewis "Buck" Ballard, 51, was convicted of intentional murder and sodomy in... more »