Percy Brown spent more than seven years in jail awaiting trial for murder, rape, sodomy and kidnapping before the charges were dropped.
Bevin’s pardon ended up prompting a judge to dismiss a suit recently – because the pardon included no finding or evidence showing the person was innocent.
But the judge did warn both sides that, “going forward in this case, the finger-pointing and criticism contained in the motion and response serve only to undermine the presentation of the merits of the case to the Court.”
Lawyer Elliot Slosar "made inflammatory and prejudicial statements" about troopers who investigated Baker, according to a state police attorney.
Patrick Baker was convicted of killing a man during a home invasion in Knox County in 2014. He was one of hundreds of people former Gov. Matt Bevin pardoned in his final days in office earlier this month.
Bevin wrote on Dec. 9 that he was granting West a “full and unconditional pardon” ‘and restoring all his rights as a citizen.
Keith West last year asked a judge to throw out his two manslaughter convictions that were investigated by detective by embattled detective Mark Handy.
Keith West is one of at least four people who say that former Louisville police detective Mark Handy framed him for murder.
Mark Handy, a former Louisville police detective, is accused of not turning over evidence and altering witnesses' statements during the course of a least three murder investigations.