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Huckabee gave clemency to suspect in deadly police ambush

Monday, November 30th, 2009 | Politics, True Crime |

Seattle Times - Maurice Clemmons, man wanted for questioning, has troubling criminal history:

Maurice Clemmons, the 37-year-old Tacoma man being sought for questioning in the killing this morning of four Lakewood police officers, has a long criminal record punctuated by violence, erratic behavior and concerns about his mental health.

Nine years ago, then-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee granted clemency to Clemmons, commuting his lengthy prison sentence over the protests of prosecutors.

“This is the day I’ve been dreading for a long time,” Larry Jegley, prosecuting attorney for Arkansas’ Pulaski County said tonight when informed that Clemmons was being sought for questioning in connection with the killings.

Previously

• Huckabee’s Clemency for a $10K Contributor
• Soft on Crime Huckabee Won’t Be Republican Nominee

That last link is essential reading. Huckabee cut decades off the sentence of convicted serial rapist Wayne Dumond. Dumond then raped and murdered 23 year old Sara Andrasek. Huckabee gave clemency to 703 people. To put that in perspective, the governors of the six states bordering Arkansas combined didn’t give clemency to that many convicts.

1 Comment to Huckabee gave clemency to suspect in deadly police ambush

Mike
November 30, 2009

Of all those folks he let free, some - perhaps many - committed additional crimes.

I wonder if it would be possible to get an accurate tally of the total human cost the good governor inflicted upon the rest of us. I wonder how he would feel, if he knew how large that tally was?

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