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Justices decline clemency-related plea from KY
Published 10:40 a.m., Monday, October 3, 2011

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a clemency-related plea from a Kentucky death row inmate.

The decision, handed down Monday, means state prison administrators cannot be compelled to provide clemency information for 56-year-old Ralph S. Baze, who is awaiting execution for the 1992 slayings of a Powell County sheriff and deputy.

Baze sought to have prison guards and officials, along with death row inmates, provide information about how he has behaved in prison ...

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Justices-decline-clemency-related-plea-from-KY-2200167.php
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