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  1. Gov. Beshear: Abolishing broken, costly death penalty would lessen your ‘painful’ budget cuts January 30, 2012

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

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  3. Courier-Journal op-ed board: Kentucky should ‘halt executions’ December 12, 2011

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  4. ABA call for death penalty moratorium in Kentucky draws massive media coverage December 8, 2011

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  5. Occupy Louisville protestors point out that money spent on the broken death penalty is money not spent on government services November 15, 2011

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  6. Carl Wedekind remembered July 6, 2011

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  7. Courier-Journal: Kentucky should follow Illinois’s lead, abolish the death penalty March 15, 2011

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  8. Karu Gene White’s 31st year on death row highlights just how broken Kentucky’s death penalty is January 4, 2011

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  9. Jefferson Circuit Judge Courier-Journal: Judith McDonald-Burkman tirade ‘was an outrageous violation of any reasonable standard for judicial conduct’ December 23, 2010

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  10. Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney Rob Sanders doesn’t know the facts about Kentucky’s death penalty system September 21, 2010

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  11. Courier-Journal: ‘Putting Gregory Wilson to death with so many uncertainties would — rather than serve justice — put a stain on the state and its legal system’ September 21, 2010

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  12. Judge blocks Gregory Wilson’s execution, state still can appeal September 10, 2010

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  13. Gregory Wilson’s ‘Wheel of Fortune’ September 10, 2010

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  14. Kentuckians writing letters to government officials, media in opposition to the death penalty and Gregory Wilson’s execution September 9, 2010

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  15. Courier-Journal: ‘Kentucky death-row inmate’s trial littered with problems’ September 8, 2010

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  16. Court dismisses Gregory Wilson’s appeal because he ‘waited too long to sue’ September 4, 2010

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  17. Clock ticking on Gregory Wilson’s execution: Take action today September 2, 2010

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  18. Gregory Wilson’s request for stay of execution denied September 1, 2010

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

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  20. Is Kentucky’s death penalty becoming an issue in U.S. Senate race? August 16, 2010

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  21. Judiciary Committee hears testimony on ending the death penalty for the severely mentally ill August 12, 2010

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  22. Kentucky Supreme Court rules death penalty violates inmate’s constitutional rights; more evidence that the system is broken June 18, 2010

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  23. Courier-Journal: Kentucky inmates challenge new execution method ‎ May 12, 2010

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  24. News roundup of Friday’s Kentucky Department of Corrections’ one-day hearing on its lethal injection and electrocution protocol February 1, 2010

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  25. Kentucky’s execution protocol needs more transparency January 31, 2010

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