Kentucky · Kentucky Revised Statutes — Penal Code (Ch. 500–534)
KRS (Penal Code) § 532.140: Defendant with a serious intellectual disability or serious mental illness not subject to execution -- Authorized sentences
What this law says, in plain English
This statute establishes sentencing procedures for defendants with serious intellectual disabilities or mental illness in capital cases, prohibiting execution but allowing other authorized sentences.
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