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640.040 Capital punishment and other prohibited dispositions.
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No youthful offender who has been convicted of a capital offense who was under
the age of sixteen (16) years at the time of the commission of the offense shall be
sentenced to capital punishment. A youthful offender may be sentenced to capital
punishment if he was sixteen (16) years of age or older at the time of the
commission of the offense. A youthful offender convicted of a capital offense
regardless of age may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment appropriate for one
who has committed a Class A felony and may be sentenced to life imprisonment
without benefit of parole for twenty-five (25) years.
No youthful offender shall be subject to persistent felony offender sentencing under
the provisions of KRS 532.080 for offenses committed before the age of eighteen
(18) years.
No youthful offender shall be subject to limitations on probation, parole or
conditional discharge as provided for in KRS 533.060.
Any youthful offender convicted of a misdemeanor or any felony offense which
would exempt him from KRS 635.020(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) shall be
disposed of by the Circuit Court in accordance with the provisions of KRS 635.060.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 606, sec. 187, effective July 15, 1998. -Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 396, sec. 14, effective July 15, 1994. -- Created 1986
Ky. Acts ch. 423, sec. 137, effective July 1, 1987.
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