Patrick Baker had been out of prison since 2019 when former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin pardoned him for the slaying of Donald Mills. But media reports that Baker's family had political connections to Bevin put a spotlight on the case.
LONDON, Ky. — A man pardoned by Kentucky’s former governor for a 2014 drug robbery killing will return to prison to serve a 42-year federal sentence for the same crime.
But media reports that Baker's family had political connections to Bevin and hosted a fundraiser for the former Republican governor put a spotlight on the case. Federal authorities brought new charges against Baker for the killing in May, and he was convicted in August. “Baker was convicted of a brazen act of violence — one that resulted in a murder, committed while the victim’s family was nearby," Carlton Shier, U.S. Attorney for the Kentucky's eastern district, said in a news release Tuesday night. Shier said law enforcement and the trial team's "faithful efforts were critical to the verdict, conviction, and sentence.”
Attorneys for Baker had asked the judge ahead of the hearing to limit Baker's sentence to a maximum of 19 years, which would have matched the punishment that was wiped away by Bevin's pardon. U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom denied that request.
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