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KY’s Penal Code that was a model when enacted but now
at the age of 40 is highly degraded. The history of the Code and its
degradation is important context for what is needed to bring the Code
back to its Model status. Former Public Advocate Ernie Lewis and Jefferson
County Public Defender Dan Goyette have laid out the long tortuous history of
the Code in this issue of The Advocate. To demonstrate the longstanding
need for reform, the 1991 charge by the late Frank Haddad Jr. calling for
reform has been reprinted in this issue. This issue also includes information
on the current growing DOC population especially the over 8,000 inmates
incarcerated for PFO and violent offenses.
Significantly, the Kentucky Bar Association Criminal Law
Section and the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law are
sponsoring the Third Annual Forum on Criminal Law Reform in the Commonwealth of
Kentucky on Friday, November 7, 2014. It features Paul Robinson, the
nation’s leading penal code authority, the chairs of Kentucky’s Judiciary
Committees and panelists directly involved in efforts to reform the KY Code.
The forum will be held from 11:45 a.m.-5:00 p.m. in the School of Law's Allen
Courtroom. The program has been accredited for 3.50 CLE credits in Kentucky.
Admission to the forum is free, but space is limited.
Registrations will be accepted on a first come,
first served basis until the seminar capacity is reached. A registration
form with the full agenda is available on the Criminal Law Section's website. To register, you must
download the paper form and return it via email to lalvey@kybar.org, FAX to Lori Alvey at (502)
564-3225 or mail to 514 West Main Street, Frankfort, KY 40601. The
registration deadline is Friday, October 31. For any questions, contact:
Lori J. Alvey
Program & Publications
Attorney/Section Liaison
Kentucky Bar Association
514 W. Main St.
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-3795 ext. 253
(502) 564-3225 FAX
October 2014 Advocate
