The complete “list includes a man convicted of reckless homicide, a convicted child rapist, a man who murdered his parents at age 16 and a woman who threw her newborn in the trash after giving birth in a flea market outhouse.”
One (particularly egregious and obviously corrupt) example:
Patrick Brian “Baker was convicted in 2017 of reckless homicide, robbery, impersonating a peace officer and tampering with evidence for his role in a 2014 home invasion that resulted in the death of Donald Mills. Baker had served just two years of his 19-year sentence when Bevin pardoned him to time served on Dec. 6.”
I’m guessing that the people who testified against him may not be happy to see him on the streets again.
Why would anyone free such a man so soon after such major crimes? I dunno. I guess it’s just a coincidence that Baker’s brother hosted a fundraiser for the lame-duck governor and donated to him over the years.