{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-431.240","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 431.240","heading":"Time of execution -- Governor to fix time in case of insanity, pregnancy, or","body":"escape -- Administrative hearings -- Transfer to forensic psychiatric facility in\ncase of insanity.\n(1) Unless the execution is stayed for any cause, the warden of the instit ution or his\ndeputy shall proceed, on the day named in the judgment of conviction, a governor's\nwarrant, or an order of the court, to cause the condemned person to be executed.\nThe execution shall take place at a time designated by the warden of the instit ution\nwhere the execution is to take place on the day designated in the judgment of\nconviction, the governor's warrant, or an order of the court.\n(2) If the condemned person is insane, as defined in KRS 431.213 or pregnant with\nchild on the day designated for the execution, the execution shall be suspended until\nthe condemned is restored to sanity or is delivered of child. The execution shall then\ntake place under the warrant of the Governor and at the time designated by him,\nunless stayed by due process of  law. If execution is suspended on the ground of\ninsanity, the commissioner of the Department of Corrections shall transfer the\ncondemned person to the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center until the time he\nis restored to sanity. Any administrative hea rings authorized under authority of this\nsection shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.\n(3) If the condemned person escapes from custody and is recaptured after the expiration\nof the date fixed for the execution, the Governor, upon receivin g written notice of\nthe recapture from the warden of the institution, shall send his warrant of execution\nto the warden by special messenger and shall name therein the day of execution.\nThe warden shall then proceed to the execution thereof according to th e provisions\nof KRS 431.215 to 431.270.\n(4) When a judgment of death has not been executed on the day appointed therefor by\nthe court, from any cause, the Governor, by a warrant under his hand and the seal of\nthe Commonwealth, shall fix the day of the exec ution, which warrant shall be\nobeyed by the warden of the institution.","path":["KRS Chapter 431"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=18614","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:46Z","sha256":"7c4def27a2265ab1039db89ec9c1ead12144aabb0786b7c9a9dce31162ca703c","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-431.230","next":"us-ky/krs-431.250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}