In a 120-page order, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons also ruled that race was “a significant factor” in other death ...

On Wednesday, a proposed bill which would compensate Kentuckians wrongfully convicted of a crime, took its next step in the legislative process.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker is hoping his quest to limit the pardon powers of governors in his state has ...

Editor’s Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and kentucky.com each day ... NCAA Tournament two years in a row — 1988 and 1989.

Death Row inmates are given one final request before they die. The Mirror takes a look at the strangest and bizarre prison ...

31 (UPI) --Kentucky Derby doings heat up significantly ... Benedetta has won three in a row -- at Churchill Downs and Mahoning Valley. Saturday's $175,000 Grade III Tampa Bay Stakes has a field ...

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Kentucky lawmakers will ... $75,000 for each year spent on death row and $32,500 for each year spent on parole, post-incarceration supervision or as a registered sex offender.

saying even if Gilday stays on death row for 30 years, that sentence is justified in this case. Read more of the latest Kentucky news “He killed my daughter; my daughter has been in a grave for ...

Witness to Innocence responds to President Trump’s Executive Order on the death penalty, and organizations from ...