MADISON COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — A Madison County judge has ruled that the death penalty remains an option if Shannon Gilday is convicted in the 2022 killing of Jordan Morgan.

Gilday confessed to killing 32-year-old Morgan during a home invasion in February 2022. The case has been ongoing for nearly three years.

In court documents filed Oct. 16, the judge denied a request by Gilday's defense team to remove the death penalty. The ruling cited that at the time Gilday broke into the Morgan home, he did not have a documented history of serious mental illness.

"Jordan's life is worth a life. And it should be up to a jury of our peers to make that decision," said Mica Nicole, a friend of Morgan's family.

Gilday appeared in court Monday afternoon with Jordan's family and friends in attendance t

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