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Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE" |
| Date: |
21 May 2006 08:50:58 PM |
| Object: |
Incredible corruption in KY - Gov pardons everybody, SC says ok |
The governor's a repub but that doesn't matter as both parties are
totally corrupt. Why does anyone vote?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/18/ap/politics/mainD8HMEIGG0.shtml
FRANKFORT, Ky., May. 18, 2006
By ROGER ALFORD Associated Press Writer
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(AP) The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday invalidated a string of
indictments charging members of Gov. Ernie Fletcher's administration
with rewarding political supporters with state jobs, leaving only the
misdemeanor counts against the governor himself.
Fletcher had pardoned his entire administration _ other than himself _
for any charges that could result from a probe into allegations of
hiring misconduct.
The state's high court said Thursday that Fletcher had the authority
to issue the blanket pardon, something prosecutors had questioned.
"A gubernatorial pardon operates to cease any further legal proceeding
concerning the pardon conduct including indictments," Justice Martin
Johnstone wrote in the court's 4-2 opinion.
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