FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has upheld the capital sentence of Karu Gene White, Kentucky’s longest-held death row inmate, according to a release from Attorney General Russell Coleman.
White, who has been on death row since 1980, was convicted of a brutal triple homicide in Breathitt County in 1979. Court records state that White and two juvenile accomplices beat and killed three elderly victims while robbing their small general store. His latest appeal was rejected in a 2-1 ruling by the Sixth Circuit panel on Friday.
“This violent criminal committed these horrific murders more than 40 years ago, and he’s spent the decades since attempting to dodge the justice lawfully delivered by a jury,” Coleman said in the release. “This ruling upholds the jury’s verdict, gives relief to the victims’ families and clears the way for long-overdue justice.”
According to the release, the attack was so violent the Coroner, Kentucky State Trooper, and detective all testified it was the most brutal murder they had worked.
Mary Lou Herald, the granddaughter of two victims, expressed hope that the sentence would finally be carried out, stating, “After all this time, we are hopeful the sentence will be carried out and justice will finally be done.”
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