Kentucky · Kentucky Revised Statutes — Criminal Procedure (Ch. 421–440)

KRS (Crim. Proc.) § 431.220: Execution of death sentence

What this law says, in plain English

Death sentences are executed by lethal injection. Prisoners sentenced before March 31, 1998 may choose electrocution instead. Executions occur at designated state facilities away from public view.

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