Leif Halvorsen
If I had done this blog anytime before December of 2019 it would have had a much different tone to it. It surely would have been on that I would have researched at some point as it was a notorious crime that took place in 1983 in Lexington Kentucky and resulted in the death of three people. In my opinion what it has now become is a symbol of how politicians use crimes, criminals and the death penalty for political gain. It also shows the hypocrisy of such people. I will definitely get into the details of this case as we go along but I want to start at the end, instead of the beginning. In November of 2019 incumbent Governor Matt Bevin lost his re-election bid to Andy Beshear. One thing I find interesting about Kentucky is that while most of their Congressmen and Senators are Republicans and they appear to be a very red state, when it comes to electing governors it is quite a different story. They have had more Democratic governors than Republican ones and a large ma...