Gov Bevin (KY) Is On a Pardon Spree Since his Defeat

[tishaLA]

Bevin pardons include convicted killer whose brother hosted campaign fundraiser for him

The family of a man pardoned by Gov. Matt Bevin for a homicide and other crimes in a fatal 2014 Knox County home invasion raised $21,500 at a political fundraiser last year to retire debt from Bevin’s 2015 gubernatorial campaign.

The brother and sister-in-law of offender Patrick Brian Baker also gave $4,000 to Bevin’s campaign on the day of the fundraiser, according to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance database <...>

The Friday order was one of 428 pardons and commutations Bevin issued since his narrow loss in November to Democrat Andy Beshear, who was sworn into office Tuesday.

The beneficiaries include one offender convicted of raping a child, another who hired a hit man to kill his business partner and a third who killed his parents.

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2019/12/11/bevin-issued-hundreds-pardons-and-commutations-final-day/4399770002/

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Sure, why not?

Political money always Trumps reality if you are a Republican. He won't worry about the ramifications, that is on Beshear.

[tishaLA]

3. Yup. That's in the excerpt I posted above

He's a disgusting pig.

[Turbineguy]

4. It's the GOP Plan

To have enough criminals out on the streets so republicans can blend in.