In a 120-page order, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons also ruled that race was “a significant factor” in other death ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker is hoping his quest to limit the pardon powers of governors in his state has ...

On Wednesday, a proposed bill which would compensate Kentuckians wrongfully convicted of a crime, took its next step in the legislative process.

For the second year, Kentucky lawmakers try to weaken a mine safety law enacted in response to a worker's death in a Harlan ...

Editor’s Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and kentucky.com each day ... NCAA Tournament two years in a row — 1988 and 1989.

Death Row inmates are given one final request before they die. The Mirror takes a look at the strangest and bizarre prison ...

31 (UPI) --Kentucky Derby doings heat up significantly ... Benedetta has won three in a row -- at Churchill Downs and Mahoning Valley. Saturday's $175,000 Grade III Tampa Bay Stakes has a field ...

Kentucky horror as decomposing body of 8-month ... So, you know guys who are on death row, other guys who are on death row. You get to know guys who are doing life without [parole].

Kentucky is currently one of 11 states without a wrongful conviction compensation fund. The legislation would create a pathway for wrongfully convicted people to clear their name and provide some ...

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FILE - Kentucky Sen. Chris McDaniel speaks to his fellow Senators ... Before leaving office, the Democratic president converted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life imprisonment ...