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Supreme Court Justice-elect Pamela Goodwine addresses supporters on election night at her watch party in Lexington. Kentucky Lantern photo by Arden Barnes

UK alumna becomes first Black woman on Kentucky Supreme Court

Cassady Brockman, Reporter November 6, 2024

University of Kentucky graduate Pamela Goodwine made history and broke barriers becoming the first Black woman elected to the Kentucky Supreme Court.  The judge won her election for Kentucky’s 5th...

Illustration Ben Wade

Kentucky budget wasted on unused death penalty

Editorial Staff March 2, 2016

It is time for a change in how Kentucky law uses, or fails to use, the death penalty. Circuit Court Judge Pamela Goodwine made it clear during the conviction of Carlos Ordway for two counts of murder that,...

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