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Kentucky


State update

Link to Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

Link to death penalty statute

Link to execution statute

Date death penalty reenacted

January 1, 1975

Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?

No

How is the sentence determined?

Jury

Location of death row(s)

Eddyville (Women: Pee Wee Valley)

Clemency process

Governor has sole authority to grant clemency

Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)

At a time designated by the warden

Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973

1

Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973

Larry Osborne, 2002



Execution Method

Lethal Injection,Electrocution

Total Executions Since State's Reinstatement of the Death Penalty: 3


Contact the SDPAC for Kentucky

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