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Convicted killers pardoned by outgoing Kentucky governor
Former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin issued a pardon to a convicted killer whose brother raised money for his campaign. Bevin pardoned 400 individuals after losing his reelection bid on November 5.
He also pardoned Patrick Brian Baker, who was convicted of homicide and other crimes in a fatal 2014 home break-in in Knox County, the Courier-Journal reported.
Baker's family raised $21,500 at a political fundraiser last year for Bevin and Baker's brother and sister-in-law also gave $4,000 to Bevin's campaign on the day of the fundraiser, the newspaper reported.
Commonwealth's Attorney Jackie Steele, who prosecuted Patrick Baker and other defendants for the 2014 death of Donald Mills, told the newspaper it would be an "understatement to say I am aggrieved" by Bevin's pardon. The other defendants were not pardoned.
this looks like pay to play to me. and then there is this:
IMO, this is as bad a pardoning the killers.Bevin also pardoned Micah Schoettle, who was sentenced last year to 23 years in prison for raping a 9-year-old child in Kenton County, the Courier-Journal reported. Bevin wrote that Schoettle was convicted of a heinous crime "based only on testimony that was not supported by any physical evidence." He added he does "not believe that the charges against Mr. Schoettle are true."
