On October 24, 2024, the Kentucky Supreme Court denied a request by the Attorney General and the Kentucky Department of Corrections (KDOC) to remove an injunction currently prohibiting executions in Kentucky. In 2010, a Franklin County Circuit judge ordered a temporary injunction of all executions due to concerns regarding numerous aspects of Kentucky’s execution protocol, including concerns about the mental status and intellectual disability status of death row prisoners and the state’s lethal injection protocol. The state’s request to dissolve the injunction came after the KDOC completed revising portions of the execution protocol in March 2024.
Following the revision, the Attorney General petitioned to lift the 2010 injunction, but Franklin County Circuit Court Judge Phillip Shepherd reserved ruling on the request while the court addresses numerous complex issues remaining around the protocol. Attorney General Robert Coleman sought relief from the higher court to dissolve the injunction. The Kentucky Supreme Court ultimately dismissed the Attorney General’s claim on the grounds it was not appealable
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