In a bid to hasten the return of the death penalty in Kentucky, a bill that would allow execution protocols to bypass the formal rulemaking process passed a House committee vote.

The Kentucky Senate has passed legislation opponents argue would make it easier to bring back the death penalty, and ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - Attorney General Russell Coleman wants to resume executions back up for death row inmates in Kentucky and is seeking clarification on a temporary injunction passed in 2010.

FRANKFORT — Two death penalty-related bills – Senate Bill 138 and Senate Bill 251 – were both advanced Thursday by the Senate ...

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 Attorney General Russell Coleman sat down with the Lexington Herald-Leader last week to discuss several topics, including the death penalty, collaboration with law enforcement and the ...

I was talking to a deacon in the Catholic Church recently, and he told me about his work at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Ky., and also the West ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - Two Kentucky state senators have introduced legislation that would eliminate the death penalty in the commonwealth, replacing it with mandatory life sentences without the ...