From various news reports, Huckabee granted Clemmons clemency which required the parole board in Arkansas to approve the release. Prosecutors wrote to both Huckabee and the parole board stating their objection to any release.
The parole board received Huckabees clemency petition and voted to release. Why Huckabee was willing to give Clemency in he first place I can’t find. I’m searching newspaper archives to see if I can find a report about this but so far not much luck.
From what I’m reading this guy has spent most of his life in jail/prison and should not have been out on the streets period.
Good info at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010385617_webmansought29.html
Wow. This article is especially interesting and now I feel bad - you did all the work!
There really is a “jail sucks bail bonds”. I thought some FReeper was joking when he/she wrote that.
I found this interesting on the second article “Investigators believe Clemmons, the person of interest, “is intentionally avoiding us,” Troyer said”. Ya think??
Sounds like his family was quite aware he was about to lose it. He’s crazy. At least it explains how he got the $15,000 for the bail - he ran a business out of his home - can’t remember exactly - power cleaning and landscaping maybe?
Huckabee had claimed at the time that the reason for commuting Clemmons’ sentence was his young age at the time of conviction (17). I’m thinking he did it for black votes.