A federal appeals court has upheld the death sentence of a Kentucky man convicted nearly 40 years ago for fatally shooting ...

An appeals court upheld a death sentence for a man convicted of a double homicide, and Kentucky's attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to intervene in another case.

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced Thursday that the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the capital ...

A Louisville state senator is pushing for a bill that would eliminate capital punishment in Kentucky.

A federal court of appeals ruled on March 2 to uphold the sentence for a death row inmate who was convicted in 1987 for killing two men at a variety store in Madison County.