Kentucky’s death penalty remains on hold amid legal challenges

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For the first time in 15 years, Indiana executed a death-row inmate. 49-year-old Joseph Corcoran killed four people, including his brother.

There are 25 people on death row in Kentucky, according to Kentucky’s Department of Corrections. Kentucky prisons have executed three people since 1976, but none since 2008.

Franklin County Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd issued an injunction blocking Kentucky’s lethal injunctions in 2010…

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