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  1. Kentucky House approves death penalty task force; now ask your Senator to vote Yes on HCR 173 March 26, 2012

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  2. Lexington Herald-Leader slams legislature for failure to reform Kentucky’s broken death penalty March 20, 2012

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

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  4. Kentucky legislators—both death penalty supporters and opponents—consider moratorium January 26, 2012

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  5. Louisville.com writer: ‘A New Year’s resolution for Kentucky: Lets end the death penalty in our state’ January 4, 2012

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  6. Ky. politicians’ calls for terrorist suspects to be tried in Gitmo reveals their doubts about the state’s legal system June 20, 2011

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  7. Overall a pretty good year for Kentucky’s death penalty abolition efforts December 21, 2010

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  8. Legislative subcommittee does not object to Kentucky’s revised execution protocols March 19, 2010

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  9. New testimonial to abolish the death penalty: ‘I supported the death penalty’ March 8, 2010

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  10. Update on HB 16 to abolish the death penalty for people with severe mental illness March 3, 2010

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  11. Tell your legislator why he or she should support HB 16 to preclude the death penalty for individuals with severe mental illness February 15, 2010

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  12. Ask your legislator to support HB16 to abolish the death penalty for people with severe mental illness January 26, 2010

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  13. Kentucky Rep. Jody Richards from Bowling Green opposes a death penalty moratorium, but the facts don’t support his rationale December 18, 2009

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  14. Five Kentucky lawmakers ask Gov. Beshear not to sign death warrants until ABA review is finalized December 17, 2009

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  15. Archidocese of Louisville: ‘A time to halt all executions’ December 9, 2009

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  16. Courier-Journal’s editorial board: ‘Abandon capital punishment’ November 16, 2009

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  17. Letters to Courier-Journal: Kentucky’s death penalty is broken, costly, unnecessary, and bad for victims’ families November 14, 2009

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  18. Gov. Steve Beshear, no, the death penalty does not make the public safer November 9, 2009

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  19. HB16 to abolish the death penalty for the mentally ill won’t take effect until July 2010 if it becomes law October 22, 2009

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  20. Bill to abolish the death penalty prefiled in Kentucky October 7, 2009

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  21. Fayette County Commonwealth Attorney, Ray Larson, cuts a deal on a death penalty case September 2, 2009

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  22. Bill to abolish the death penalty for the severely mentally ill prefiled in Kentucky Legislature August 26, 2009

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