After a 16 year pause on death row executions, Kentucky lawmakers passed a bill that would let them resume in the commonwealth.

He prosecuted several high-profile cases in his time in office and developed a reputation for putting perpetrators on death ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The top law enforcement officer in Kentucky is fighting to restore the state’s death penalty. Attorney General Russell Coleman’s ...

There are 24 inmates on Kentucky's death row, according to Attorney General Russell Coleman.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — A court is now weighing a request by Kentucky’s Attorney General to clear the way for the death penalty.

Attorney General Russell Coleman praised the General Assembly for overriding Governor Beshear’s veto of a piece of ...

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 ...

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. (WAVE) - A Louisville state senator is pushing for a bill that would eliminate capital punishment in Kentucky. That senator, Gerald Neal, who represents District 33, claims there are ...

Kentucky lawmakers have overridden the governor's veto of a bill designed to streamline the state's death penalty process.

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 ...