Convicted killer unapologetic for actions

Published: Jan. 6, 2008 at 4:05 PM
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Ralph Baze, convicted of killing two Kentucky lawmen in 1992, says he is done apologizing for the slayings and will keep trying to avoid the death penalty.

In a recent interview from a Kentucky prison, Baze said he would no longer be apologizing for killing Powell County Sheriff Steve Bennett and Deputy Arthur Briscoe, nor would he stop attempting to avoid death by lethal injection, The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal reported Sunday.

"I've done all the apologizing I'm going to do," Baze said. "They either believe me or they don't."

"I'm not going to throw my hands up and not try to even save my life."

After being convicted of killing Bennett and Briscoe when the officers attempted to arrest him Jan. 30, 1992, Baze was sentenced to death.

Baze and another convicted killer appealed their death sentences to the Kentucky Supreme Court.

The newspaper said their stance that lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment was rejected by the state court but this week the pair will take their case before the U.S. Supreme Court.


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