{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-532.140","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 532.140","heading":"Defendant with a serious intellectual disability or serious mental illness not","body":"subject to execution -- Authorized sentences.\n(1) KRS 532.010, 532.025, and 532.030 to the contrary notwithstanding, a defendant\nwho has been determined to be a defendant with a serious intellectual disability or a\ndefendant with serious mental illness under KRS 532.135 shall not be subject to\nexecution. The same procedure as required in KRS 532.025 and 532.030 shall be\nutilized in determining the sentence of the de fendant with a serious intellectual\ndisability or serious mental illness under this section and KRS 532.135.\n(2) This section and KRS 532.135 do not preclude the sentencing of a defendant with a\nserious intellectual disability or serious mental illness to any other sentence\nauthorized by KRS 532.010, 532.025, or 532.030 for a crime which is a capital\noffense.\n(3) (a) For a defendant with a serious intellectual disability, this section and KRS\n532.135 shall apply only to trials commenced after July 13, 1990.\n(b) For a defendant with serious mental illness, this section and KRS 532.135\nshall apply only to trials commenced after July 14, 2022.","path":["KRS Chapter 532"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=52772","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:05Z","sha256":"c97b6d72db8ab1b65f449bae81620530ac68ec3122e81386795d8ce964d2eeac","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-532.135","next":"us-ky/krs-532.160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}