I'm watching the Steve Nunn story - how come he'll get a pension from 2014?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Nunn

Six months later Ross was found shot to death on September 11, 2009, in the parking lot of the Opera House Square complex in Lexington.[6] That same day, Nunn was found in Hart County near the gravesites of his parents.[7] He was taken to a hospital in Bowling Green[1] in fair condition from the wounds, first considered as possibly self-inflicted.[7][8] Nunn was charged with six counts of wanton endangerment of a police officer because when aurthorities arrived to arrest him, they reported that Nunn had fired a .38-caliber handgun.[9] On September 14, Nunn was taken to the Hart County jail after having been discharged from the hospital.[10] The same day, Nunn was charged by Lexington police with Ross's murder.[11] On September 17, Nunn was transferred to the Fayette County Detention Center.[12] The next day, he pleaded not guilty to the murder charges in Fayette District Court.[12] On November 10, 2009, Nunn was indicted on charges of murder and violating a protective order.[13] Prosecutors intended to seek the death penalty,[14] but on June 28, 2011, Nunn pleaded guilty in Fayette Circuit Court in Lexington to Ross's murder and received a life sentence for the crime.[15]

When he turns sixty-two on November 4, 2014, Nunn is eligible to receive his full state pension of $28,210 annually, based on his legislative and executive department service. State law permits pension benefits to former lawmakers unless they commit a crime while in office as a legislator. Reports showed that Nunn was deeply involved in pornography and soliciting prostitutes and had shown nude photos of Ross to others prior to the killing. Meanwhile, the Ross family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Nunn.[16]

A poster boy for ReTHUGs