| Death
Penalty: |
YES |
| Prohibit
Execution of the Mentally Retarded: |
YES |
| Life
Without Parole: |
YES |
| Minimum
Age to Eligible for the Death Penalty: |
16 (2 juveniles on death row) |
| Number
on Death Row: |
41 |
| Executions
Since 1976: |
2 |
| Race
of Defendants: |
31 white (76%), 9 black (22%), 1 Latino/a (2%) |
| Race
of Victims: |
Unknown |
| Racial
Make-up of State Population: |
90% white, 7% black, 2% Hispanic, 1% Asian |
| Innocents
Exonerated: |
NO |
| Columbia
University Study Rate of Error in Capital Cases: |
100% |
| Murder
Rate: |
4.6 per 100,000 (ranked 28th out of 51) |
| Governor: |
Paul E Patton, (Democrat),
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| Presidential
Vote: |
57% Bush, 41% Gore, 2% Nader. |
| Public
Opinion on the Death Penalty: |
No polls but Tides Foundation sponsored focus groups done in 2001. |
| Organizations
Endorsing a Moratorium: |
Amnesty International, Berea College Chapter
Amnesty International, Group 196
Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery
Berea College Ace League
Berea College Student Government Association
Church of the Ascension, Social Responsibility Committee
Church of the Epiphany
Church of the Epiphany, Social Responsibility Committee
Helping Earth and Learning (HELP), Berea College
Home Mission Sisters of America, Inc./Glenmary Sisters
Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Central Kentucky Chapter
Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Jefferson County Chapter
Kentucky Prison Education Project
The Laura, Inc.
Mother of God Church, Covington
Pax Christi, Louisville Chapter
Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington, Justice & Peace Office
Session of Central Presbyterian Church, Louisville
Sisters of St. Joseph, Whitley City
St. Catharine Kentucky Dominicans
St. Martin de Porres Church, Louisville
Ursuline of Mount St. Joseph, Leadership Team
Women and Men Religious Against the Death Penalty of Kentucky |
| Organizations
Working FOR a Moratorium: |
State House Reps Bobby Hellfinger (R), Tom Burch (D), Mary Lou Marzian (D), and Senator Gerald Neal (D)
Kentucky Coalition to Abolish Death Penalty
Pat Delahanty – State chair
Kay Gallagher – Campaign coordinator
PO Box 3092
Louisville, KY 40201
502-585-2895 or 581-9154
kcadp@earthlink.net
www.kcadp.org
ACLU – Kentucky
Jeff Vessels - Contact
425 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.
Suite 230
Louisville, KY. 40202
502-581-1181 or 589-9687
acluky@iglou.com
www.aclu-ky.org |
| Organizations
Working AGAINST a Moratorium: |
Commonwealth attorneys (prosecutors), unorganized police opposition, and victim's families willing to testify against. |
| Clemency: |
The Governor has sole authority to commute a death sentence to a term of life without parole. |
| Who
Decides Sentence: |
Jury |
| Method
of Execution: |
Previously, inmates in Kentucky were given a choice between lethal injection and electrocution. Those sentenced after March 31, 1998 will be executed by lethal injection. |
