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no executions in Kentucky anytime soon

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Dave Barron, who has to be one of the best litigators in the country under 35 (he recently turned just 30), is quoted today in the Louisville Courier Journal: Even with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week that lethal injections can resume in Kentucky, none of the 38 inmates on the state’s death row is likely to be executed soon. “There isn’t anybody that they can walk out today or tomorrow and ask for a death warrant, legitimately saying they’ve gone through every appeal process (and) it’s time to schedule an execution for the next month or so,” said David Barron, a Kentucky public defender. Barron represents Ralph Baze and Thomas Clyde Bowling Jr., the 2 inmates who brought the case heard by the Supreme Court, alleging that the execution protocol used by Kentucky violates the Eighth Amendment and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on April 20, 2008 (boomark / email).