Gov. Laura Kelly issues pardon in 1993 Lyon County aggravated battery case

Gov. Laura Kelly issues pardon in 1993 Lyon County aggravated battery case

Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat nearing the end of her second term as governor, issues a pardon to a man convicted of aggravated battery in a 1993 case in Lyon County. She has twice as many pardons or sentence commutations than the state's four previous governors combined. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly granted a pardon to a man convicted of aggravated battery more than three decades ago in Lyon County and senten…