JURIST
APRIL 22, 2022
A federal judge Thursday temporarily blocked a new Kentucky abortion law from being enforced by state officials. HB 3 went into effect last week after the Kentucky legislature overturned Governor Andy Beshear’s veto of the bill. The ACLU and ACLU of Kentucky also filed suit on behalf of Louisville’s EMW Women’s Surgical Center.
The Crime Report
APRIL 28, 2022
Kentucky lawmakers in the state’s General Assembly recently passed a bill this session to provide alternative sentences for those suffering from some mental health disorders, reports FOX65. Those who’d qualify cannot have a charge higher than a class D felony, and they must be considered a low risk to the public and a low risk for flight.
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JURIST
MARCH 17, 2021
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced on Tuesday that going forward any Virginian convicted of a felony will automatically have their civil rights restored upon release from incarceration. ” Only two other states—Iowa and Kentucky—have constitutions that permanently disenfranchise citizens with past felony convictions.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 4, 2023
Unknown to the police at the time of the encounter, Frasure was on probation in Indiana for Felony Battery and on parole in Kentucky for Methamphetamine Manufacturing. Joe Frasure, Jr. succumbed to his injuries on January 31, 2023.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 18, 2024
Kentucky , the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to strike jurors in a criminal trial because of their race. Kentucky under Section 2254(d)(1). Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 18, 2024
Louisiana that the Sixth Amendment (as incorporated against the states by the 14th Amendment) guarantees criminal defendants the right to a unanimous jury, it meant a 12-person jury — not a six-person jury, which is all that Florida affords some felony defendants. relisted after the Jan. 12 conferences) Missouri Dept. of Corrections v.
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Texas follows what it calls a “14-year-old rule”—the minimum age that a juvenile can be tried as an adult while the minimum age in Kentucky is 10 years of age.
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