[the anti-liberal]

Some facts, and hopefully he still remembers and is haunted by Ashley Stevens, Dumond's rape victim as he ponders his role in today's events:

... said she tried to persuade Huckabee not to shorten the sentence for Dumond.

“I told [Huckabee]: If you ever let him out, he’s going to do it again,” she said in an interview.

She was able to get a meeting with the governor - who, she said, had not spoken to her before announcing his intention to commute Dumond’s sentence - but realized Huckabee had “made up his mind.” So Stevens stood up, she said, walked over to Huckabee, who was seated on a sofa, squatted down and thrust her face inches from his.

“I said, ‘This is how close I was to Dumond’s face for an hour,’ “ Stevens recalled. “ ‘I’ll never forget his face, and you’ll never forget mine.’ “

The parole board - following a closed meeting with Huckabee - decided to let Dumond go. The following year, Dumond committed the Missouri slaying. He died in prison in 2005. "

[ozarkgirl]

I would not want to be in Huckabee's shoes about now - nor the judge who set his bond in Washington. Another thread showed he commuted 703 sentences and I'm thinking - well, 703 commutations and only 5 murders so far - that's not terrible odds (/sarc). I'm thinking Huckabee's probably going back over his records - I would be - trying to figure out who else might go out and kill someone? That other thread showed 703 from Arkansas and none of the surrounding states even came close.

However, not all the blame lies with him. A high % should go to Pierce County legal system as well.