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  1. Watch the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on abolishing Kentucky’s death penalty March 1, 2012

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  2. Senate Judiciary Committee to hear bill to abolish Kentucky’s death penalty in on March 1 February 27, 2012

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  3. House Speaker Greg Stumbo embarrases self, Kentucky with suggestion to reinstate the electric chair February 15, 2012

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  4. Out of step with modern thinking: ‘Death sentences sink to historic lows’ in 2011 December 15, 2011

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  5. Be thankful: Oregon’s governor declares moratorium on executions November 23, 2011

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  6. Week after Steve Nunn gets life, Lexington Herald-Leader op-ed calls for abolition of death penalty July 5, 2011

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  7. UofL study finds rise in opposition to the death penalty from victims’ families April 13, 2011

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  8. Report: ‘Executions continue steady nationwide decline’ in 2010 December 22, 2010

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  9. New poll finds that 61 percent of registered voters favor a punishment for murder other than the death penalty November 17, 2010

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  10. Gov. Beshear ignores an obvious solution–abolish the death penalty–to reducing Ky.’s soaring prison costs August 20, 2010

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  11. More proof that the death penalty is out of touch with modern thinking: death sentences drop in 2009 December 31, 2009

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  12. American Law Institute withdraws model death penalty laws because system is too broken to fix November 6, 2009

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  13. Kentucky, U.S. leader in child abuse and death by neglect, should repeal death penalty and use savings to project children October 23, 2009

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  14. Study: States waste money on death penalty, the lowest crime-reduction priority for police chiefs October 20, 2009

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