Death Penalty Protocol in Kentucky

Published: Oct. 22, 2010, 4 a.m.

Kentucky reinstituted the death penalty in 1976. Since then, we've executed three people, two of whom volunteered. But in that same time, the state Supreme Court has reversed 43 death sentences. The head of Kentucky's Department of Public Advocacy thinks that's too high. The DPA calls the state's judicial system broken, and says a moratorium is needed on all executions until the system undergoes a thorough eval uation. Angela Hatton has more on the accelerating death penalty law debate.