FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Attorney General Jack Conway is asking that execution dates be set for three convicted murders on Kentucky's death row.
Conway sent a letter to Gov. Steve Beshear on Monday asking for execution dates for Ralph Baze Jr., Robert Foley and Gregory Wilson, all of whom have exhausted their appeals in state and federal courts.
The convictions of all three have been fully reviewed by the courts, including the Kentucky Supreme Court. Conway said no legal impediments remain.
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Gregory L. Wilson
Gregory L. Wilson, 53, was sentenced to death Oct. 31, 1988 in Kenton County for kidnapping and murdering Deborah Pooley of Kenton County. On May 29, 1987 Wilson and a female accomplice forced Pooley into the back seat of her car. Wilson raped the victim and later strangled her while the accomplice was driving. Wilson was arrested on June 18, 1987. He previously served a prison sentence in Ohio on two counts of rape.
Ralph Baze
Ralph Baze, 54, was sentenced to death Feb. 4, 1994 in Rowan County for the murder of two police officers. On Jan. 30, 1992 a Powell County Deputy, Arthur Briscoe, went to Baze’s home regarding warrants from Ohio. He returned with Sheriff Steve Bennett. Baze, using an assault rifle, killed the two police officers. Baze was arrested the same day in Estill County.
Robert Foley
Robert Foley, 53, was sentenced to death Sept. 23, 1993 in Laurel County for the murders of two brothers, Rodney and Lynn Vaughn, during an argument at his residence on Aug. 17, 1991 in Madison County. On April 27, 1994 he was given a second death sentence in Madison County for the murders of Kimberly Bowersock, Lillian Contino, Jerry McMillen, and Calvin Reynolds. He shot the four victims on October 8, 1989 because he thought one of them had reported him to his parole officer.
