Kentucky Governor issues some fun pardons on his way out

[finaljedi]

https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article238320918.html

 

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It’s not clear if Betty Carnes was killed by asphyxiation or by the eight blows to her head that Delmar Partin delivered with a metal pipe. The coroner couldn’t tell which killed the mother of three first, but it was very clear that her head was then chopped off and placed on her lap in a 55-gallon barrel that was destined for a toxic waste site.

On Monday, departing Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin pardoned and commuted the sentence of Partin, who was convicted of killing her at the factory where they both worked in Barbourville in 1994.

 

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The pardon was just one of several controversial pardons and commutations Bevin issued in his final days in office. The list includes several in Handy’s old district, including a teacher, Charles Doug Phelps, who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and tampering with a witness. In his pardon, Bevin called the conviction “long on duration, long on accusation, long on drama and short on evidence.”

The police found photos of minors performing sexual acts on Phelps’ phone.

 

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One of them was Patrick Baker, who was one of three men convicted of a murder in Knox County in 2014. Baker’s sentence was commuted, but the other two men remain in prison. Baker’s brother and sister-in-law held a fundraiser in 2018 for Bevin that raised $21,500, and personally contributed $4,000.

 

[CitizenVectron]

Great fundraising idea for the future: Run for President and offer to pre-emptively pardon anyone FOR ALL FUTURE CRIMES if they donate more than $250,000 to my campaign.

 

I mean, that's where this is headed, yes? Legally, is there a reason why a President couldn't write down "I pardon all people in the past, present, and future of all federal crimes"?

[Rodimus]

The former governor should be locked up for those crimes that he pardoned others for.

[osxmatt]

I've long felt that executives should not have the sole discretion to pardon.

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

Hahahaha what

[Guest]

25 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

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These people, man.

[thewhyteboar]

29 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Hahahaha what

Trump isn't the only problem. The entire GOP is rotten to its core.

[Jason]

56 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Hahahaha what

 

When the GOP sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.