<p>Nearly 70% of all inmates released by Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D) through commutations during the coronavirus pandemic went on to re-offend, with some committing violent felonies like assault and homicide, according to a <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/FILE_5795.pdf">report</a> ordered by Kentucky&#8217;s state legislature.</p>
<p>The report, produced by Kentucky&#8217;s Department of Information and Technology Services, found that of the 1,702 individuals whose sentences were commuted by Beshear in 2020, a majority of them, 882, went on to commit felonies. An additional 252 committed misdemeanors, leaving just over 500 who committed no crimes.</p>
<p>Beshear commuted criminal sentences through <a href="https://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20200402_Executive-Order_2020-267_Conditional-Commutation-of-Sentence.pdf">two</a> distinct <a href="https://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20200825_Executive-Order_2020-699_Commutations.pdf">executive orders</a>, both of which were examined in the report. of those from the April 3, 2020, release cohort “68% of individuals … have had at least one criminal case including at least a misdemeanor charge filed against them since release.” The reoffending rate was nearly identical for those released on August 24, 2020, with the report finding that “69% of individuals …have had at least one criminal case including at least a misdemeanor charge filed against them.”</p>
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<p>The report was due to the legislature in July, but was not produced until October 6, just about a month before Beshear is up for reelection. Beshear will face Kentucky&#8217;s Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who has worked to make the commutations a theme of the election battle.</p>
<p>The pair <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umvCrA_zLzo">sparred</a> over the issue of crime in a recent gubernatorial debate ahead of the November 7 election, with Cameron stating the findings of the report on the debate stage. Cameron said the commutations made &#8220;communities less safe, and our law enforcement&#8217;s job more difficult.&#8221;</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Beshear has touted an <a href="https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article277611833.html">inaccurate crime report</a> as evidence that crime has plummeted over the last year. He says the commutation statistics are irrelevant, because many of the inmates were set to be released that year anyway.</p>
<p>Beshear did not respond to a request for comment. Polling in the state has been sparse ahead of the gubernatorial election, but an October poll found Beshear to have a comfortable lead over Cameron.</p>

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