He also stated he denied 94% of the cases that came on his desk every year. Are you aware of that? Would you have made it 100%? What is the mercy involved in that?
He granted clemency and pardons at something like 10 times the rate of neighboring governors.
Question for you: if someone murders one of your loved-ones, and that murderer gets convicted in a court of law and sentence to a just sentence who has the RIGHT to show LEGAL MERCY and let him FREE?
Please think a moment before responding.
When Jesus asked us to forgive, did he really mean to forgive people for their crimes against OTHERS?
Please think a moment before responding.
It’s one thing to forgive an affront against YOURSELF. It’s quite another to forgive and act done by a criminal against ANOTHER PERSON.
What gives you the right to forgive in that case?
Are you God?
Is Huckabee God?
He certainly tried to play one in the governors chair.
The justice system is not about mercy. It’s about justice. We’re not God. We are not all seeing or all knowing. It’s hard enough to manage to be just. No one should have a sentence commuted, reduced or suspended if there was any violence involved in the commission of the crime. I believe armed robbery qualifies as a violent crime.
Just because Huckabee didn't release more violent criminals than he did does not in any way excuse his actions. Releasing a violent criminal back into society where he can harm innocent people is an enormous risk and responsibility. It should be done very rarely and only after it has been shown conclusively that he will not commit more violent crimes. Huckabee did none of this. He released many violent criminals irresponsibly and said he would do it again today if he could.