Entries tagged with “Travis Bredhold”
Issues
Mar 26, 2020
News Brief — Kentucky Supreme Court Issues Opinions in Cases Involving Applicability of Death Penalty Based on Intellectual Disability, Age of Defendants
NEWS (3/26/20): Kentucky — The Kentucky Supreme Court has issued decisions in two cases presenting significant issues concerning the applicability of the death penalty against defendants with intellectual disability or under the age of 21. In White v. Commonwealth, the court ruled that Larry White — who may be ineligible for the death penalty because of intellectual disability — may not waive a pending appeal claim of intellectually disability that is supported by evidence creating “reasonable…
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 killings took…
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 attendant. The decision extends the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2005 ruling in…