From Frankfort

Reforms needed for death penalty but not judicial elections, Ky. Chief Justice says

06/12/2012 12:05 PM

The Kentucky Supreme Court is looking at rules it can change or impose to improve the accuracy and fairness of the use of the death penalty in Kentucky, Chief Justice John Minton said. “We’re going to take a serious look at that,” he said. (1:10) The American Bar Association issued a nearly 500-page report in December outlining dozens of recommendations of ways to fix the system. Minton said in an interview with Pure Politics recorded last month that he thought... Read more 

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