431.250 Persons who may attend executions.
The following persons, and no others, may attend an execution: The executioner and the
warden of the institution and his deputy or deputies and guards; the sheriff of the county
in which the condemned was convicted; the commissioner of the Department of
Corrections and representatives of the Department of Corrections designated by him; the
physician and chaplain of the institution; a clergyman and three (3) other persons selected
by the condemned; three (3) members of the victim's family designated by the
commissioner from among the victim's spouse, adult children, parents, siblings, and
grandparents; and nine (9) representatives of the news media as follows: one (1)
representative from the daily newspaper with the largest circulation in the county where
the execution will be conducted, one (1) representative from Associated Press Wire
Service, one (1) representative from Kentucky Network, Inc., three (3) representatives for
radio and television media within the state, and three (3) representatives for newspapers
within the state. Use of audiovisual equipment by the representatives is prohibited during
the execution. The Department of Corrections shall issue administrative regulations
which govern media representation during the execution.
Effective: March 31, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 220, sec. 3, effective March 31, 1998. -Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 86, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1986
Ky. Acts ch. 156, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74,
Art. V, sec. 2. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942,
from Ky. Stat. sec. 1137-4.
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