HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) - Attorney General Russell Coleman announced he asked the Franklin Circuit Court to overrule Governor Andy Beshear and clarify that there is no impediment to the Governor’s signing of a death warrant for Ralph Baze, who killed two Powell County law enforcement officers more than 30 years ago.

In his motion, AG Coleman argues that the 15-year-old court order blocking the death penalty doesn’t apply to Baze, and that the governor’s misreading of the law continues denying justice to the families of Powell County Sheriff Steve Bennett and Deputy Sheriff Arthur Briscoe.

According to AG Coleman, he sent a letter in June to Gov. Beshear formally requesting Gov. Beshear sign a death warrant for Baze. In his letter, AG Coleman says he made clear there is no legal reason prev

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