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This is a list of people executed in Kentucky. Since the reinstatement of capital punishment in the United States in 1976, three people have been executed in Kentucky. All three were executed for murder. All of the executions occurred at the Kentucky State Penitentiary (KSP) in Eddyville. [1]
Among Kentucky death row inmates is Ralph Baze, who unsuccessfully challenged Kentucky lethal injection protocol before the U.S. Supreme Court in the 2008 case Baze v. Rees , which caused the staying of all executions in the entire United States between September 2007 and April 2008.
As of January 1, 2025, there were 2,092 death row inmates in the United States, including 46 women. [1] The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions , appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations , or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [ 2 ]
As the debate over lethal injections resumes, 25 people currently sit on the commonwealth's death row, most of whom are housed at the Kentucky State Penitentiary — save for the only woman ...
Kentucky has not executed a person in more than 15 years. Attorney General Russell Coleman wants to change that, potentially opening the door for Kentucky’s 20-plus people on death row to be ...
The Polunsky Unit, where death row inmates are held in Texas, is pictured on May 21, 2013 in Livingston, Texas, about 40 miles from Huntsville. Texas executes more inmates than any other state in ...
Death row inmates who have exhausted their appeals by county (as of January 15, 2025) An inmate is considered to have exhausted their appeals if their sentence has fully withstood the appellate process; this involves either the individual's conviction and death sentence withstanding each stage of the appellate process or them waiving a part of the appellate process if a court has found them ...
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