Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bill that would clear the way for executions of death row inmates to resume in the commonwealth is headed to Gov. Andy Beshear’s ...

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

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.

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is urging Gov. Andy Beshear to authorize executions for more than a dozen death row inmates, including Ralph Baze. Baze was sentenced to death for the 1992 ...

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

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

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