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Louisville man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two counts of murder in
a Sept. 23 shooting that left two people dead and two others injured
near Shively.
From Page One and Jake Payne - First step in the insanity defense? Steve Nunn will receive a psychiatric evaluation. [H-L]
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Kentucky death row inmate on Wednesday lost a challenge to the state's
lethal injection protocol when a federal judge found he attacked the
law too late.
U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell ruled that death row inmate Gregory
Wilson should have brought his lawsuit at least five years ago and
possibly as much as 11 years ago, when the state adopted lethal
injection as a method of execution.
Wilson's lawsuit, filed in December 2007, challenged the use of
sedatives given to an inmate before an execution, saying they
interfered with the deadly three-drug cocktail.
Wilson, 52, was sentenced to death in 1988 for his part in the
kidnapping and murder of Deborah Pooley a year earlier in Kenton County
in northern Kentucky. A co-defendant in the case, Brenda Humphrey, is
serving a life sentence.
Wilson and Humphrey forced Pooley into the back seat of her car on May
29, 1987. Wilson raped the victim and later strangled her while
Humphrey drove. Wilson was arrested on two weeks later.
A Fayette County jury awarded $55.9 million Tuesday to the family of a woman murdered by a Lexington optometrist.
If
you drive a newer Toyota or Lexus, the automaker wants you to remove
the driver's side floor mat because it can bunch up against the
accelerator and send the car careening out of control. [KLB Note - And where was the announcement during cash for clunkers? Potential CPA violation and/or investigation by the AG? Don't know; but the timing is clearly curious and are you telling me the data was not there earlier for an announcement? Plus, as the story says, be careful during these recalls so dealers do not try and hit you up for unnecessary repairs in other areas.]
The
attorney for a former University of Kentucky basketball star accused of
running a ticket scam said his client can provide the tickets he
promised to three people or give them a refund.
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event included poetry readings, a number of community speakers and a
candlelight vigil in support of victims of violence. Toward the end of
the event, people in attendance were allowed to come on stage and share
testimonials of their experience with violence. |
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Louisville man has been charged with theft and fraud just weeks after
pleading guilty in a case involving impersonation of a police officer.
Democrat
Robin Webb raised more than $400,000 in winning last month's special
election for the state's vacant 18thth District House seat, nearly
doubling what her Republican opponent raised in the monthlong campaign.
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Louisville man accused of throwing a dog from into the Ohio River from
a bridge will stand trial on Nov. 16. Damon Bledsoe is charged with
animal cruelty after a dog was thrown from the Clark Memorial Bridge in
July and survived the 80-foot fall into the river.
In
the Sept. 13 edition of the Lexington Herald-Leader, attorney Astrida
Lemkins insinuated that the issuance of a protective order was the
precipitating factor in the murder of Amanda Ross and that she shared
in the culpability for her death.
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panel of judges from across the state perused transcripts Tuesday and
watched hours of video recordings from the courtroom of a Central
Kentucky family court judge facing charges of misconduct.
Family Court Judge Tamra Gormley, who was appointed in 2007 to a
district that covers Scott, Woodford and Bourbon counties, is on trial
before the state's Judicial Conduct Commission, which investigates and
reviews complaints against judges.
Gormley faces seven counts of misconduct, but the trial covers only
three charges filed early this year. The other misconduct charges were
filed earlier this month.
The charges could result in separate or collective penalties, including
public or private reprimand, suspension without pay or removal or
retirement from judicial office. The commission is the only entity
authorized to discipline a sitting Kentucky judge, according to state
law.
The proceedings in Fayette Circuit Court are scheduled to last three days. |
