After Willie Horton was pardoned by Mike Dukakis in Massachusetts, Horton went on to commit his subsequent crimes in Maryland. But the bottom line is that it was Mike Dukakis who set him free. In fact, I think it is even more egregious that Clemmons went to a different state to commit his crimes. The people of Washington State did not deserve to suffer for the poor decision of Gov. Huckabee any more than the Maryland citizens should not have had to suffer for the poor decision of Gov. Dukakis up in Massachusettes.
The bigger problem for Huck is, he had an opportunity to come clean and he essentially blew it by blaming everyone else involved.