The reason Huckabee wanted that filth released is because he was in jail in arkansas for raping in Clinton’s family circle. It was a political stab in the back against Pres. Clinton, IMO and this poor lady paid for it with her life.
Huckabee was way too generous about commuting sentences and giving out pardons. I also do think that he is playing down his role in the Dumond case too much and that his pressure probably did have a lot to do with Dumond being released. However, at the time the Dumond case was scene as being based on a somewhat politically motivated prosecution given the victims ties to Clinton’s family. And many conservatives felt the Dumond had not gotten a fair trial. Also, people did not expect Dumond to become a recidivist since he had been physically castrated. So, while I would agree that Huckabee is spinning his role in the Dumond case now and in retrospect he clearly made a bad call. I am not sure that at the time his decission wouldn’t have seemed very reasonable.