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The governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of government of Kentucky, [1] and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [2] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws; [3] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Kentucky General Assembly; [4] the power to convene the legislature; [5] and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of treason ...
A Republican lawmaker resumed his push Wednesday to limit a Kentucky governor's pardon powers, a fallout from the flurry of pardons granted by the state's last GOP governor that still spark outrage.
People who received an official pardon from a governor of a state of the United States, or from a body that acts on behalf of the executive branch in granting pardons, such as a state parole board. Pages in category "Recipients of American gubernatorial pardons"
Paul Edward Patton (born May 26, 1937) is an American politician who served as the 59th governor of Kentucky from 1995 to 2003. Because of a 1992 amendment to the Kentucky Constitution, he was the first governor eligible to run for a second term in office, since James Garrard, in 1800.
A convicted killer who earned one of numerous controversial pardons granted by then-Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin now faces federal charges in connection to the slaying, the Justice Department said ...
Biden issued a pardon to Jerry Lundergan, just hours before President Donald Trump took the oath of office to become the country’s 47th president. ... A former Kentucky Democratic Party chairman ...
Isaac Bledsoe Desha (January 1, 1802 – August 13, 1828) was an American tanner who was convicted of murdering one man in Kentucky, and confessed to murdering another in Texas. He was notable as the son of the Kentucky Governor, Joseph Desha. Shortly after his father's election as governor in 1824, Desha was accused of robbing and killing a ...
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