Thursday, August 26, 2010
Kentucky Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence
KENTUCKY....
The Kentucky Supreme Court has upheld the guilty plea and death sentence for 46 year old Shawn Windsor who has asked to be executed after admitting to fatally beating and stabbing his wife and son who were found in 2003 in the Louisville apartment they shared. After police launched a seven months search for Windsor, his disappearance drew the attention of the television show "America's Most Wanted" and he was captured in North Carolina. Windsor's public defenders pursued the mandatory appeal on his behalf. Windsor previously sued the attorneys in an attempt to stop all appeals, but dropped the litigation earlier this year. The high court on Thursday ruled that there is "no circumstance that would require reversal" of his death sentence.