Sunday, April 04, 2010
Kentucky Executions Could Resume
KENTUCKY....
Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, Kentucky has rarely executed any of its death row inmates, the last in 2008. The state is on the verge of re-enacting the process and could start setting execution dates for multiple inmates by early summer. A half-dozen inmates could exhaust their appeals by the end of the year. Among those whose appeals have run out are Ralph Baze, who was convicted in 1992. Baze is one of three inmates with pending warrants who could see an execution date set once the state's lethal injection protocol is re-implemented. The state Supreme Court halted all executions, stopping Governor Steve Beshear from acting on requests to set dates for Baze, Gregory L. Wilson, and Robert Carl Foley. Warrants for Wilson, Baze and Foley, requested in November, remain pending before Beshear. The protocol is on course to take effect no later than May 7th, and, should that happen, Kentucky could start executing inmates in early June.
Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, Kentucky has rarely executed any of its death row inmates, the last in 2008. The state is on the verge of re-enacting the process and could start setting execution dates for multiple inmates by early summer. A half-dozen inmates could exhaust their appeals by the end of the year. Among those whose appeals have run out are Ralph Baze, who was convicted in 1992. Baze is one of three inmates with pending warrants who could see an execution date set once the state's lethal injection protocol is re-implemented. The state Supreme Court halted all executions, stopping Governor Steve Beshear from acting on requests to set dates for Baze, Gregory L. Wilson, and Robert Carl Foley. Warrants for Wilson, Baze and Foley, requested in November, remain pending before Beshear. The protocol is on course to take effect no later than May 7th, and, should that happen, Kentucky could start executing inmates in early June.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 4:45 PM 
