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431.240 Time of execution -- Governor to fix time in case of insanity, pregnancy, or

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escape -- Administrative hearings -- Transfer to forensic psychiatric facility in
case of insanity.
(1)Unless the execution is stayed for any cause, the warden of the institution or his
deputy shall proceed, on the day named in the judgment of conviction, a governor's
warrant, or an order of the court, to cause the condemned person to be executed.
The execution shall take place at a time designated by the warden of the institution
where the execution is to take place on the day designated in the judgment of
conviction, the governor's warrant, or an order of the court.
(2)If the condemned person is insane, as defined in KRS 431.213 or pregnant with
child on the day designated for the execution, the execution shall be suspended until
the condemned is restored to sanity or is delivered of child. The execution shall then
take place under the warrant of the Governor and at the time designated by him,
unless stayed by due process of law. If execution is suspended on the ground of
insanity, the commissioner of the Department of Corrections shall transfer the
condemned person to the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center until the time he
is restored to sanity. Any administrative hearings authorized under authority of this
section shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.
(3)If the condemned person escapes from custody and is recaptured after the expiration
of the date fixed for the execution, the Governor, upon receiving written notice of
the recapture from the warden of the institution, shall send his warrant of execution
to the warden by special messenger and shall name therein the day of execution.
The warden shall then proceed to the execution thereof according to the provisions
of KRS 431.215 to 431.270.
(4)When a judgment of death has not been executed on the day appointed therefor by
the court, from any cause, the Governor, by a warrant under his hand and the seal of
the Commonwealth, shall fix the day of the execution, which warrant shall be
obeyed by the warden of the institution.
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