Matt Bevin's pardonpalooza--rapist and murders galore

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FBI looking into Bevin’s pardons

Good thing.... nobody likes a crooked Politician on the take, regardless of political party or ideology.

Here's to a late ironic X-Mas present to the people in Kentucky (Not talking about those legitimately pardoned for excessive prison sentences for things like drug related convictions)....

Kentucky used to have one of the highest poverty rates in the US at the time this song was written, after the automation of the Coal Mines, which led to a massive internal migration of Millions from Appalachia to the Factory towns of Ohio, Illinois, and Chicago, and even now rural poverty is still a big thing in Kentucky....

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The pardon of the "rapist" shouldn't be controversial the victim recanted their accusation against the guy a few years ago and I don't remember the specific reason, but I believe he had exaushted his appeals he's already spent 15 years in prison for a crime it seems pretty likely he didn't commit to me that's a FF move by Bevin.

This aspect of these pardons is something people don't seem to get.

If Bevin sold pardons, there are ways to deal without Bevin without eroding the power of the Governor to issue Pardons. 

Agreed.... that's why the Feds are looking into it. 

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It still cuts both ways when it comes to Federal vs Governor pardons...

Look at the case of legendary Union Organizer Joe Hill back in the early 1910s in Utah when President Wilson called for clemency and the Governor sent him in front of the firing squads, in a State owned by the Mining Bosses....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUR2PDTptO0


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hill