Entries tagged with “Travis Bredhold”

Issues

Sep 26, 2019

Kentucky Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Raising Death-Penalty Eligibility Age

The Kentucky Supreme Court has heard oral argu­ment and will soon decide whether sub­ject­ing youth­ful offend­ers under age 21 to the death penal­ty vio­lates the con­sti­tu­tion­al pro­hi­bi­tion against cru­el and unusu­al pun­ish­ment. On September 19, 2019, the Court heard argu­ment in the government’s appeals of two cap­i­tal cas­es in which a tri­al judge barred coun­ty pros­e­cu­tors from seek­ing the death penal­ty because the defen­dants charged with the mur­ders were younger than age 21 when the…

Issues

Aug 07, 2017

Kentucky Trial Judge Rules Death Penalty Unconstitutional For Offenders Younger Than Age 21

A Kentucky tri­al court has declared the death penal­ty uncon­sti­tu­tion­al when applied against defen­dants charged with offens­es com­mit­ted while they were younger than age 21. Fayette County Circuit Judge Ernesto Scorsone’s rul­ing bars the Commonwealth’s pros­e­cu­tors from seek­ing the death penal­ty against Travis Bredhold (pic­tured), who was age 18 years and five months at the time of the 2013 mur­der and rob­bery of a gas station…