Legal Opinion
Foley v. Beshear
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided June 11, 2015No. 2013-SC-000777-MRPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
JUSTICE ABRAMSON
Death-row inmates Robert Foley and Ralph Baze appeal from an Order of the Franklin Circuit Court dismissing their Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) 418.040 complaint for a declaratory judgment to the effect that “the Kentucky procedures outlining the submission and review of a petition for executive clemency [are] constitutionally inadequate.” Appellants sought an order requiring the Governor, and/or the Department of Corrections (through its Commissioner, LaDonna Thompson), and/or the Kentucky Parole Board “to adopt adequate policies and procedures…
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