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

[Francee89]

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.

A photo of Bevin attending the July 26, 2018, fundraiser at the home of Eric and Kathryn Baker in Corbin was published six days later in a local paper, the News Journal.

Commonwealth’s Attorney Jackie Steele, who prosecuted Patrick Baker and other defendants for the 2014 death of Donald Mills, told The Courier Journal on Wednesday it would be an “understatement to say I am aggrieved” by Bevin’s pardon.

Steele identified Patrick Baker as the brother of Eric Baker, who hosted the Bevin fundraiser at his Corbin home.

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.

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[Francee89]

This is a person Trump gave his “complete and total endorsement” to as “strong on crime”, and someone he described as “one of the best governors in the US”, who will “never let you down”.

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[Momto2boys973]

Well, he had to return the favor....

[DSamuels]

Bevin always was an idiot. However I do remember Clinton and Obama making some questionable pardons also.

[Momto2boys973]

Can you give us some specific examples?

Bevin always was an idiot. However I do remember Clinton and Obama making some questionable pardons also.

[DSamuels]

But you think you know exactly what I am talking about all the time.

Offhand the Mark Rich pardon from Clinton popped into my mind. His beautiful blonde wife raised a lot of money and was cosy with Bill.

Chelsea Manning and Oscar Lopez Rivera from Obama.

Can you give us some examples?

Bevin always was an idiot. However I do remember Clinton and Obama making some questionable pardons also.

[Deleted User 276]

But you think you know exactly what I am talking about all the time.

Offhand the Mark Rich pardon from Clinton popped into my mind. His beautiful blonde wife raised a lot of money and was cosy with Bill.

Chelsea Manning and Oscar Lopez Rivera from Obama.

Can you give us some examples?

Bevin always was an idiot. However I do remember Clinton and Obama making some questionable pardons also.

Obama didn't pardon Chelsea Manning. He commuted the sentence. Manning has and will always have a criminal record. Same with Rivera.

[Francee89]

Bevin always was an idiot. However I do remember Clinton and Obama making some questionable pardons also.

Why did Trump, who promised he’d align himself with the best people, campaign so hard for someone who “always was an idiot”, calling him one of the best governors in the United States?

How many child rape and murder charges did Clinton and Obama pardon?

[DSamuels]

But you think you know exactly what I am talking about all the time.

Offhand the Mark Rich pardon from Clinton popped into my mind. His beautiful blonde wife raised a lot of money and was cosy with Bill.

Chelsea Manning and Oscar Lopez Rivera from Obama.

Can you give us some examples?

Obama didn't pardon Chelsea Manning. He commuted the sentence. Manning has and will always have a criminal record. Same with Rivera.

Sorry, I was going by the WaPo headline for the article

“ Forget Chelsea Manning. This is the Obama pardon you should be mad about.”