The court of appeals argued “history and tradition relevant to the Second Amendment support Congress’s power to disarm those that it deems dangerous."

No one has been executed in Kentucky since 2008 when Marco Allen Chapman was given a lethal injection for killing two Gallatin County children and injuring their mother and sister.

“It is clear that (Myles Cosgrove) knew the flashing lights he witnessed in Ms. Taylor’s apartment were coming from gunfire; however, substantiated evidence supported the determination that (Cosgrove) was not clear on who he was firing at and whether there were multiple people in the line of fire,” according to the ruling.

“I’ve made a lot of people mad and I’ve made a lot of people happy,” Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Melissa Logan Bellows said of her March 13 ruling. “But that’s the job of the judge.”

The high court will hear arguments on Nov. 15. 

The unanimous ruling allows indigent people who were convicted of traffic, misdemeanor and some non-violent felony cases to have them cleaned from their record without paying a $50 filing fee and $250 expungement cost.

A Nov 24 ruling by a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel allows thousands of former inmates to join a federal lawsuit alleging they were improperly held after being ordered released. 

The city has asked Judge Brian Edwards to reconsider his order, arguing Kenneth Walker’s attorneys haven't proven there is any relevant information in the phone data and it is a “fishing expedition.”

“There is substantial evidence to conclude that the defendant Mr. Bush has been restored to competency," Judge Annie O'Connell ruled.