1 - The article assumes innocence without demonstrating why. If that was ALL one knew (and with many Freepers it was), then one might well believe a wrong had been done.
2 - Huckabee wasn’t posting his thoughts on the internet. As Governor, he said he wanted to free this man. I would like to think he looked deeper into the case than the average Freeper, particularly since he had full access to the trial, witnesses, etc - and he still screwed it up.
3 - All indications are that Huckabee likes to overturn the Courts because he feels he is more compassionate and forgiving than they are - that he believes his Christianity allows him to turn aside from the law. That is a bad thing in a Governor, and it is worse in a President.
In the general case I can buy into a lot of what you said. Even in the Dumond case, I can to a point. What concerns me with that case is that there was clearly a problem sheriff. The guy was convicted and did get a very severe sentence. I stated on another thread that I am not sure what the exact facts are on this case, but I am also not sure that anyone could come up with a good set of facts as corrupt as that sheriff and his district seemed to be.
It doesn’t look good in the Dumond case, because Huckabee seemed to think he new better than anyone else and appointed himself the king of early release.
I don’t approve of that.