After years of near-misses with the parole board and attempts at getting a new trial, a Fort Thomas woman convicted of killing her husband was pardoned Monday by outgoing Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear.
In 2007, Cheryl McCafferty shot and killed her husband, Robert, while he slept. She claimed she was a victim of domestic violence and said that, hours before she killed him, she woke up to a gun brushing her mouth. The gun was in his hand. It was also the same gun she later used to fire the fatal bullet into his head.
Beshear issued 197 pardons and six commutations as his final executive action before leaving office. Among those, Beshear called special attention to 10 women who were "sentenced for violent crimes they committed after suffering years of domestic violence abuse at the hands of their eventual victims."
