LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) � Court records show a 27-year-old Kentucky man whose sentence was commuted by former Gov. Matt Bevin is scheduled to plead guilty in federal court, where he is charged with producing child pornography. Dayton R. Jones of Hopkinsville pleaded guilty in state court to sodomy and distributing material portraying a sexual performance
LONDON, Ky. (AP) � A convicted killer whose family had political connections to former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is back on trial for the 2014 killing that Bevin had pardoned him for in 2019. Patrick Baker was convicted of reckless homicide in Donald Mills� death in 2017. He was sentenced to 19 years in prison,
A Kentucky man who was convicted of homicide and then received a controversial pardon from then-Gov. Matt Bevin has been rearrested.
Partisan bickering is nothing new in Kentucky, but tensions are ratcheting up as coronavirus cases continue to rise.
A Kentucky legislative panel has given initial approval to a proposed constitutional amendment to put limits on a governor’s power to grant pardons.
Kentucky lawmakers have introduced bills that would put checks on gubernatorial pardon powers and ensure victims are notified before their assailants are given clemency.
Kentucky’s new Republican Attorney General is asking the FBI to investigate a flurry of pardons by former governor Matt Bevin
Two Kentucky lawmakers are expressing outrage at a spree of pardons issued by former Gov. Matt Bevin
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin says he will not contest results showing Democrat Andy Beshear winning the Kentucky governor’s race
Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton, who was kicked off Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s ticket when he unsuccessfully sought reelection this year, says she didn’t vote for him.Â