He’s pardoned or commuted 430 people so far including some really bad folks....murder rape child molestation you name it
Incredible
Is he kin to Ray Blanton?
One day, maybe not in our lifetimes, a defeated governor of a state will pardon all violent criminals in the state prisons.
Where is the KY legislature?
They could remove him in a day and NOBODY would complain.
In 1977, Blanton fired Marie Ragghianti, chairwoman of the state's Board of Pardons and Paroles, when she refused to release prisoners who, as was later determined, had bribed state officials in exchange for obtaining pardons (Ragghianti later sued and won a $38,000 judgment against the state).[1] On December 15, 1978, the FBI raided the state capitol, and seized documents from the office of Blanton's legal advisor, T. Edward Sisk. Sisk and two others were arrested, and Blanton appeared before a federal grand jury on December 23, where he denied any wrongdoing.[1]
On January 15, 1979, near the end of his term, Blanton issued pardons to 52 state prisoners,[11] including 20 convicted murderers.[4] Among those pardoned was Roger Humphreys, the son of a Blanton supporter, who had been convicted of killing his ex-wife and a male companion in 1973.[1] As Blanton signed Humphreys' pardon, he stated, "this takes guts." The Secretary of State, Gentry Crowell, who was disgusted with the pardons, replied, "some people have more guts than brains."[5]
What’s to stop one of them from making him or his family their next victim? Very scary.