Just shut up Mike
The two judges made the right decisions, long prison sentence in Arkansas and no bail in Washington. They were both overriden and now four hero officers are dead. Just go away Huckabee, please, and do it now.
Huck, say good bye to your political career.
Looks like all that talk about not being overly interested in a 2012 run (”I like my job at Fox”) is just so much BS.
He wants to be prez and he wants to spin away his clemency problem.
What was it, Mike, over a 1000 criminals set free?
You can’t set free 1000 criminals without having a few back-fires.
Making omelets... breaking eggs... is that what you’re saying?
This is very confusing. I thought Huckabee was taking full responsibility.
He wasn’t a cop killer. He wasn’t a rapist. He wasn’t a violent criminal.
Umm, yeah, Huck he was. He just proved it.
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And I became aware last year
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I agree with Huckabee on the fact that Clemmons is definitely no longer the same person. He now has a few holes in him and is no longer a living person. He is now a dead person.
What is the upside of giving violent criminals an early release or commutation? Isn’t the commutation and pardon one of the executive branch’s checks on judiciary power. The ability to remedy a clear injustice. As far as reducing sentences for justly convicted and sentenced individuals, why even bother?
I guess the Shuckster is also ignoring the fact that Clemmons getaway driver is also an exec Arkansas inmate released early. And please don’t give me any excuses about the parole board. Who in the hell do you think appoints the parole board?
If you never met him in person, you never knew him... I'm assuming this kid was no more than a name on a piece of paper with a record that Mike was reading. I would be amazed if Mike actually went to the big house and met with him before determining what to do with him. Maybe Mike should go visit an Army base and take a ride on a tank...
Huck is only defending himself from all the vitriol on the right, which to me is disgusting and anti-Christian. He didn’t release the man. He wasn’t part of the fiasco of those two judges who gave him the opportunity to make bail after a child rape charge.
Enough already with attacking him to make political points or to prop up the deadweight Romney. Romney has enough blood on his hands for supporting abortion in Massachusetts for so many years but I don’t see a lot of Free Republic members (especially the Mormon members) having an incessant cow over that.
I could have sworn I heard thet when Clemmons was in the courtroom he came in with a shiv in his sock and also tried to grab a gun from a baliff.
Maybe I didn’t hear this correctly. What say you Huck?
I call BS on this right here. No one at 16 gets 108 years on their first conviction for burglary and robbery without there being deaths involved.
How long was his rap sheet of crimes before he finally got in front of a judge? This "kid" must have had pages of arrests and releases on his record before any DA and judge would allow a first time thief at 16 to get a life sentence, especially in Arkansas.
I wish we could find out what his record was before this conviction, but it would mean opening his records as a minor and that isn't going to happen I bet.
Pure and simple Huckelbee’s a joke. He pardoned many more convicted felons than his predecessor, Bill Clinton. Suggest Hucklebee return to Arkansas and run for dog-catcher while he strums on his guitar. The blood of these cops is on his hands.
So he only served 9 years of a 47 year sentance?? Great parole board there.
Uh, the prosecutor was screaming at the of his lungs that this guy was a one-man violence and death machine just waiting to be loosed on a new batch of innocent victims. But Clemmons, a manipulative sociopath, said "Praise Jesus! I've seen the light!" and Pastor Huckabee wiped a tear from his eye and said, "Praise Jesus! Come forth from that tomb, ye reborn of the Lamb!"
Given just this information, I would agree with Huckabee. However, I suspect there is more to it that he is leaving out.
Prosecutors are swamped by the normal caseload. Then the burden of making a case against revolving door releases by bleeding hearts is added to their pile. Blaming them for Clemmons is ridiculous.