Indiana held an execution Wednesday. Where the death penalty stands in Kentucky

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : Where are Kentucky death penalty executions held?Kentucky death penalty executions take place at Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Ky.
44% : Last taking place in 2009 by lethal injection, the death penalty was put on pause in the Hoosier state because of a lawsuit and other complications that prevented officials from obtaining the mixture of drugs used in its lethal injection protocol.
42% : Indiana execution of Death Row inmate taking place WednesdayCorcoran, 49, was executed by lethal injection at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City before sunrise Wednesday morning.
38% : The state's Department of Corrections has since acquired a new drug, pentobarbital, that can carry out death sentences, and despite the controversy with some activist groups attempting to save the life of death row inmate Joseph Corcoran, the courts and state leaders have failed to intervene.

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