Pardon Powers Kentucky

FILE - Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin speaks to the media gathered in the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 6, 2023. The GOP-dominated Kentucky Senate endorsed a proposed constitutional change Wednesday to limit a governor's end-of-term pardon powers, reflecting the outrage still burning over pardons granted by Bevin on his way out of office in 2019. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)