The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in the year 2020, the state had a murder rate well above the median for the entire country.
[1] In the state of Kentucky, the common law felony murder rule has been completely abolished.
Recognizing that an automatic application of the rule could result in conviction of murder without a culpable mindset, the Kentucky Legislature instead allowed the circumstances of a case, like the commission of a felony, to be considered separately.
The facts of each case would be used to show the mental state of the defendant instead of using an automatic rule.
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