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Kentucky inmate to be executed Print E-mail
Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 2:35 pm
After Franklin County Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd today denied a request for an injunction that could have halted Friday’s scheduled execution of Marco Allen Chapman it appears that all avenues have been exhausted and Chapman will become the first Kentucky inmate put to death since 1999.  The Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, of which the ACLU of Kentucky is a member, requested that Governor Steve Beshear grant clemency to Marco Chapman and commute his sentence.  That request was denied earlier this week.

Opponents of the death penalty have organized a series of vigils throughout the state.
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Safety emblem spurs dispute with Amish Print E-mail
Friday, November 14, 2008, 11:25 am

On November 14th the ACLU of Kentucky is representing nine Amish clients in a criminal trial in which they are charged with failing to display a slow-moving vehicle emblem on their horse-drawn buggies.  We have raised an Equal Protection argument under the U.S. Constitution that law enforcement officers improperly considered the defendants’ religious affiliation in citing them under this.

The Louisville Courier-Journal published two articles on Friday, November 14th related to the case.  To learn more click here: 
Safety emblem spurs dispute with Amish

Amish on the rise across Kentucky

 
Court Must Vacate Kentucky Court's Baseless Domain Name Seizure Print E-mail
Friday, November 14, 2008, 10:22 am

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) urged a Kentucky Court of Appeals Wednesday to vacate a lower court's order authorizing the seizure of more than 100 Internet domain names associated with websites operating around the globe. The seizure, and the lower court's exercise of jurisdiction over global domain names, threatens free speech across the Internet. In a move to combat what it viewed as illegal online gambling, the Commonwealth of Kentucky convinced a state court to "seize" 141 domain names because the names allegedly constituted "gambling devices" that are banned under Kentucky law -- even though the sites were owned and operated by individuals outside of the state, and in many cases even outside of the country. Unless the sites screened out Kentucky users, the court held, the seizure order was proper.

To read the Amicus brief click here:   global_domain_name_amicus_brief 14/11/2008,08:59

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SIgn online Death Penalty Petition Print E-mail
Friday, November 7, 2008, 2:06 pm

SIGN ONLINE PETITION ASKING GOV. BESHEAR TO COMMUTE THE SENTENCE OF MARCO CHAPMAN:

Gov. Beshear, Please Grant Chapman Clemency

New: November 4 - Marco Chapman, who is committing "suicide by court" has an execution date of November 21, 2008. A Marco Chapman page, reached by clicking on his name, will feature articles about him and his execution. Marco Chapman refused a jury trial and convinced a judge to sentence him to death for the murders of Cody and Chelbi Sharon, children of  whom he raped and brutally stabbed. A front page article in the November issue of Abolition Now! features his story and urges readers to contact Gov. Steve Beshear and ask him to commute Marco Chapman's sentence, rather than allow him to manipulate the State into assisting the suicide he has desired for years. A Statement of the Case, available on the Marco Chapman page, summarizes his life and indicates the depth of his mental illness.

 
Sign online Death Penalty Petition Print E-mail
Friday, November 7, 2008, 2:06 pm

SIGN ONLINE PETITION ASKING GOV. BESHEAR TO COMMUTE THE SENTENCE OF MARCO CHAPMAN:

Gov. Beshear, Please Grant Chapman Clemency

New: November 4 - Marco Chapman, who is committing "suicide by court" has an execution date of November 21, 2008. A Marco Chapman page, reached by clicking on his name, will feature articles about him and his execution. Marco Chapman refused a jury trial and convinced a judge to sentence him to death for the murders of Cody and Chelbi Sharon, children of  whom he raped and brutally stabbed. A front page article in the November issue of Abolition Now! features his story and urges readers to contact Gov. Steve Beshear and ask him to commute Marco Chapman's sentence, rather than allow him to manipulate the State into assisting the suicide he has desired for years. A Statement of the Case, available on the Marco Chapman page, summarizes his life and indicates the depth of his mental illness.

 
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