With legislature on board at last, Kentuckians will vote on pardon limits amid elections • Kentucky Lantern

With legislature on board at last, Kentuckians will vote on pardon limits amid elections • Kentucky Lantern

Sen. Chris McDaniel is chairman of the Senate budget committee. (LRC Public Information)Like many Kentuckians, state Sen. Chris McDaniel was horrified when he found out that Gov. Matt Bevin had pardoned a group of hardened criminals just as he was leaving Frankfort.  The Ryland Heights Republican was so horrified that he embarked on a seven-year journey to make sure it couldn’t happen again. “There were lots of things that were egregious in hist…

With legislature on board at last, Kentuckians will vote on pardon limits amid elections

Like many Kentuckians, state Sen. Chris McDaniel was horrified when he found out that Gov. Matt Bevin had pardoned a group of hardened criminals just as he was leaving Frankfort.  The Ryland Heights Republican was so horrified that he embarked on a seven-year journey to make sure it couldn’t happen again. “There were lots of things that were egregious in history, but this really, I think, for the modern General Assembly really took the cake and …

With legislature on board at last, Kentuckians will vote on pardon limits amid elections - The Lexington Times

By McKenna Horsley, Kentucky Lantern · June 1, 2026 Sen. Chris McDaniel is chairman of the Senate budget committee. (LRC Public Information) Like many Kentuckians, state Sen. Chris McDaniel was horrified when he found out that Gov. Matt Bevin had pardoned a group of hardened criminals just as he was leaving Frankfort.  The Ryland Heights Republican was so horrified that he embarked on a seven-year journey to make sure it couldn’t happen again. …