Nope. The guy committed more crimes right after being let out, including crimes in Arkansas. Willie Horton, meet Mike Huckabee.
He was recommended for and received a commutation of his original sentence from 1990, making him parole eligible and was “paroled by the parole board” once they determined he met the conditions at that time. He was arrested later for parole violation and taken back to prison to serve his full term, “but prosecutors dropped the charges that would have held him”.