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An undated photo shows the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Lyon County.

After 15 years without an execution in Kentucky, and Attorney General Russell Coleman recently filed a motion in Franklin County Circuit Court that aims to change that.

Coleman announced Friday that he filed the motion to end a nearly 15-year ruling that has blocked the state from carrying out death sentences.

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Attorney General Russell Coleman

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