Did you know that Ashley Stevens, who was 17 when she was raped by Dumond, had a meeting with Huckabee right before he commuted Dumond's sentence?
From the Boston Globe article: Huckabee could face hurdles from the past Parole of rapist haunts campaign:
"...After becoming governor in 1996, he [Huckabee] announced his desire to commute Dumond's sentence. Dumond's rape victim, Ashley Stevens, saw it differently.
Stevens, now 40 and living in the western United States, 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."
Can you believe it? Huckabee blew her off. He IGNORED her plea not to let Dumond out. Ashley Stevens is right, Huckabee will never forget her face. But a turd's a turd, Huckabee will just float to the top and not let the stench bother him.
Buh bye, Mikey.
I guess what I don’t understand is why? I don’t doubt Huckabee played a role in paroling this rapist, however, I don’t get why he did? Especially having Dick Morris as an advisor, it seems out of character for a politician to do something just because.....
Hu Hu Huckabee was on the Morning Joe program today and reiterated in his smarmy, slick way that he merely endorsed the recommendation of the parole board.
When you look beneath Huck's skin, you find a true church liberal. That's why he was endorsed by the New Hampshire NEA.
The Dumond case was politically charged from the beginning.
IIRC, the local sherrif has Dumonds family jewels cut off and kept them in a jar in his office.
There is more to this story than meets the eye.