The European Union Is Funding Attempt To Abolish The Death Penalty In Kentucky

The European Union is funding the American Bar Association’s “Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project,” and the Kentucky “Death Penalty Assessment Task Force.”

Just FOLLOW THE MONEY and you will discover the real agenda of the European Union and their accomplice in America, the American Bar Association (ABA). It is nothing more than a poorly disguised, backdoor attempt to abolish the death penalty in Kentucky.

 HEY! Here’s a novel idea. Let’s just ask Kentuckians if they want the death penalty to be an option for juries in the worst murder cases.

Shame on the ABA for being merely a pawn in European Union’s drive to abolish the death penalty in America.

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Changing the Face of Crime - One Victim at a Time
Jermain Harris

Jermain Harris

Date of Birth:  11/18/1975
Date of Death:  6/24/2001
Murdered By:  Kareem Edwards

Dontay Kendrick

Dontay Kendrick

Date of Birth:  9/10/1984
Date of Death:  4/24/2004
Murdered By:  Dominico Morbley

Anthony Crady

Anthony Crady

Date of Birth:  8/21/1957
Date of Death:  5/8/2006
Murdered By:  Kenneth North

Prescott Hoffman

Prescott Hoffman

Date of Birth:  2/7/1981
Date of Death:  8/6/2004
Killed By:  Thomas Johns

Megan Liebengood

Megan Liebengood

Date of Birth:  1/14/1986
Date of Death:  9/15/2004
Murdered By:  Michael Shepherd, Robert Miller & Patrick Cook

Ashley Cason

Ashley Cason

Date of Birth:  5/4/1982
Date of Death:  9/14/2004
Murdered By:  Darryl Burrell

Pedro Lili

Pedro Lili

Date of Birth:  4/29/1968
Date of Death:  3/14/2006
Murdered By:  Jose Arevalo

Joseph Matthew Angelucci

Joseph Matthew Angelucci

Date of Birth:  4/27/1964
Date of Death:  11/23/1988
Murdered By:  William H. Bennett

Steven Dotson

Steven Dotson

Date of Birth:  2/16/1964
Date of Death:  4/24/2002
Murdered By:  Keita Hayden

Cecilia Alvarado

Cecilia Alvarado

Date of Birth:  2/25/2005
Date of Death:  8/22/2005
Murdered By:  Roy Rankin

Connie Blount

Connie Blount

Date of Birth:  4/27/1989
Date of Death:  4/13/2008
Killed By:  Shannon Houser

Connor Pryor

Connor Pryor

Date of Birth:  9/3/2002
Date of Death:  11/2/2003
Murdered By:  Patrick Pryor

Mary Salyers

Mary Salyers

Date of Birth:  3/6/1961
Date of Death:  6/13/2005
Murdered By:  Ivan Griggs

Luis Guzman

Luis Guzman

Date of Birth:  12/6/1988
Date of Death:  12/21/2007
Murdered By:  Manuel Everia (Youthful Offender)

Michael Turpin

Michael Turpin

Date of Birth:  10/3/1963
Date of Death:  2/3/1986
Murdered By:  Elizabeth Turpin, Karen Brown & Keith Bouchard

Jodie Toll

Jodie Toll

Date of Birth:  3/3/1983
Date of Death:  11/16/2001
Murdered By:  Eric Gill

Christina Wittich

Christina Wittich

Date of Birth:  1/18/1977
Date of Death:  5/20/2005
Murdered By:  Michael Flick

Derek Elam

Derek Elam

Date of Birth:  7/16/1981
Date of Death:  7/3/2004
Murdered By:  Taquan Neblett

Shan Howell

Shan Howell

Date of Birth:  3/17/1969
Date of Death:  4/7/2002
Murdered By:  Brent Coleman, Jr., Ronnie Mobley & Antonio Taylor


364 Foreign-Born Nationals Booked In The Fayette County Jail During January – February, 2010

Illegal AliensIf an arrestee is booked into the Fayette County jail and does not have a social security number, the jail personnel create one for him/her that begins with 999 as the first three numbers. In addition, if the place of birth is outside the United States, the jail records reflect that fact. Read more »

Public Safety Day For Leadership Lexington

Andrea PereiraBy Intern Andrea Pereira

Leadership Lexington is a program sponsored by Commerce Lexington. Each year the group consists of Lexington citizens who represent different professions and ethnicities. This year the group has 43 members with professions ranging from banking to agriculture and ministry. The goal of Leadership Lexington is to provide these professionals an opportunity to better understand the city that they call home and prepare them for the challenges they may face as leaders. Once a month, the group focuses on a certain topic and visits organizations that relate to that topic. Read more »

Week of March 1, 2010

Sentencings 3-4-10 & 3-5-10

To view all sentencings, click here.

My Experience At The Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office

Catherine BrownBy Intern Catherine Brown

Roughly thirty hours of my college spring semester so far have been spent as an intern at the Fayette Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. I have really enjoyed the opportunity I have been given to learn about the court system and victims’ advocacy since I started here in mid-January. Read more »

Virginia Caudill

Virginia Caudill, then and now.

Virginia Caudill, then and now.

Virginia Caudill
Female/White, 39 years old at the time
Victim:  Lonetta White

In Fayette County on March 15, 1998, Virginia Caudill and accomplice Jonathon Goforth entered the home of a 73-year-old female and beat her to death, shattering her skull. The victim was the mother of Caudill’s estranged boyfriend and the two had gone to her home to ask her for money, supposedly to buy crack cocaine. Caudill and Goforth then ransacked her home and stole numerous items of valuable personal property, including guns, jewelry and a mink coat.  They then wrapped her body in a rug and placed it in the trunk of her own car and drove her to a rural area in Fayette County and set the car on fire.  The victim was burned so badly that she could not be recognized. Read more »

Lexington’s Division of Police Cold Case Unit

Det. Chris Schoonover

Det. Chris Schoonover

LEXINGTON, KY   In 2005, the Lexington Division of Police devoted a significant amount of effort to solving “Cold Cases” which were homicide and rape cases that occurred in Lexington. In 2008, Det. Chris Schoonover was designated to manage the Cold Case process. The Cold Case Unit has had a significant success in solving old crimes. Read more »

LTMS Health Fair

Blerina GojaniBy Blerina Gojani

Several members of the Fayette Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office participated in the Lexington Traditional Middle School Health Fair. It was held at their school and designed to help the students be aware of healthy living habits. Read more »

Week of February 22, 2010

Sentencings 2-25-10 & 2-26-10

 To view all sentencings, click here.

From Halfway House Back To The Big House

“Frequent Flier” (Repeat Offender) Returns to Prison

Defendant Darby Barnes

Defendant Darby Barnes

On Sunday, May 24, 2009, Lexington police responded to the Lakeshore neighborhood, near Henry Clay High School, regarding a residential burglary complaint.  A young woman who was house-sitting in the area saw an unidentified man at the back of the residence.  He ran through the house and out the front door.  Patrol officers discovered a back window had been broken out and the door opened.  The home had been ransacked and a significant amount of jewelry stolen. Read more »

U.K. Ticket Scammer, Who Was On Parole, Strikes Again

This time, 15 victims paid him over $34,000 for phantom tickets – he was sent to prison again.

Defendant Anthony Mattingly

Defendant Anthony Mattingly

In early November of 2008, Lexington police received numerous complaints regarding a financial scam.  Investigation revealed that a suspect named Anthony Mattingly had advertised tickets on the Internet and in newspapers.  Mattingly convinced fifteen people that he had access to a variety of items, mostly U.K. basketball season tickets, and took between $1,000 and $3,200 from each one with a promise to provide the tickets when the season started.  The victims reported that Mattingly was very polite and provided his identification and a signed contract for specific seats. Read more »