Why abolish the death penalty in Kentucky?
It's costly.
It's out of step with modern thinking.
It's risky.
It's unfair, broken, and arbitrary.
It's unnecessary.
Victims' families deserve better.
Please leave a message for your state representative and senator at 800-372-7181 (you can look them up here) urging him or her to support SB 63 to abolish Kentucky's death penalty, HB 145 to end the death penalty for people with severe mental illness, and HCR 173 to create a Death Penalty Reform Implementation Task Force to develop a strategy to implement the reforms recommended by the American Bar Association’s Kentucky Death Penalty Assessment Report.
Full Court Press
Our Full Court Press Campaign aims to raise $180,000 to continue our work towards abolishing the death penalty in Kentucky.