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KY State Debating Death Penalty
By wkyt.com
Published: 09/08/2010

It's not the punishment, but how it's carried out, that's brought a debate over the death penalty in Kentucky.

Attorneys on both sides argued before a judge Wednesday morning.

Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd heard arguments from state attorneys representing the Department of Corrections, and an attorney who has represented death row inmates.

They're mainly arguing just how the death penalty should be implemented, specifically after the Kentucky Supreme Court's injunction from last November, which halted all executions in the state.

The injunction handed down by the state's high court ruled Kentucky failed to properly adopt a three-drug lethal injection protocol.

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