COURT: GRAND JURY SHOULD NOT INDICT THOSE WHO ARE PARDONED.(News)

From: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY) | Date: May 19, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Roger Alford Associated Press

FRANKFORT -- A special grand jury investigating the hiring practices of Gov. Ernie Fletcher's administration should not issue indictments against people covered by a gubernatorial pardon, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

"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.

The grand jury indicted Fletcher last week on misdemeanor charges of criminal conspiracy, official misconduct and ...

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