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Kentucky governor says he has no info on Mitch McConnell’s health as he rips Congress (www.the-independent.com)
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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear sharply criticized Senator Mitch McConnell and the Senate at large over the Kentucky Republican’s prolonged absence from Congress due to health issues.

Beshear, a Democrat, said on Friday that he still had little information about the condition of McConnell, who was hospitalized in mid-June and released from a rehabilitation center earlier this month.

“I’ve received absolutely nothing, and that's the same that the people of Kentucky have received,” Beshear told MS Now. “This is why the Senate feels broken. These guys don’t think that they have a boss when the people of Kentucky are their boss. They don’t feel like they are accountable whatsoever.”

Beshear called on McConnell to make a video or call into a news show to update the public about his health.

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[–] 11 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Tyler Hern was booked into the Campbell County Detention Center on $500,000 bond. He was charged with felony abuse of a corpse.

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/man-lived-with-wifes-corpse-for-7-to-10-days-texted-her-family-from-her-phone-to-conceal-her-death-police/

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    I'm assuming this is a joke about McConnell being dead, but, as a sidebar, holy hell $500k bond for a non violent crime?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    It's not a joke, there's a very plausible chance he's dead, or seriously injured and not getting proper medical care.

    If he's dead, and the people around him are hiding it, then that is a very serious crime. If he's seriously injured and not getting proper care, that's elder abuse.

    So when there's a plausible chance, law enforcement can do a welfare check. They show up at the residence, and investigate.

    Like, it's a normal thing...

    The reason I found a specific case in Kentucky like that, is to show that even just not reporting was a serious felony. The amount of bond is likely because that dude most likely killed his wife and that's why he didn't report her death, also that it involved him sending messages pretending to be her. With McConnell releasing public messages to his constituents, if those aren't him it's even more serious.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 months ago* (4 children)

    I invite you to really think of the implications of your suggestion.

    Start at "send law enforcement to search a residence to see if a corpse is in the house being abused".

    Edit:

    The amount of bond is likely because that dude most likely killed his wife

    Weird that he wasn't charged with that.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I invite you to really think of the implications of your suggestion

    Have you thought of googling something you didn't know about instead of trying to walk down the entire path of why it's a law?

    https://thelawdictionary.org/article/what-is-a-police-welfare-check/

    Weird that he wasn’t charged with that.

    Again, it's completely normal to charge and hold someone for a lesser charge that's provable when they're suspected of a more serious charge, that is honestly the norm in the American legal system...

    You seem to be completely ignorant of how this all works. If you start asking questions you'll learn more, most people will just give up because you're trying to argue when you don't know what you're talking about

    What does someone else gain by helping you understand something?

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  • [+] -6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    From your link:

    Essentially, as long as they have reasonable grounds to believe that an inhabitant in a residence in endangered, they can legally enter the premises. 

    Internet conspiracies aren't "reasonable grounds".

    I invite you again to consider the implications of your suggestion.

    Again, it's completely normal to charge and hold someone for a lesser charge that's provable when they're suspected of a more serious charge, that is honestly the norm in the American legal system

    It is a miscarriage of justice to hold someone against their will for a crime they haven't even been charged with by charging them with a lesser crime and then setting a bond that doesn't reflect the crime they're being charged with. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, it was outrage that KY is still allowing it.

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