[Athwart]

Cool. Any updates on the whole “freeing rapists like Dumond to rape again” thing? He got any changes of heart, apologies, admissions of error, anything like that? Any platform positions about how he’d use the Presidential pardon power? The last Arkansas guy really burned us there, and this one seems almost worse in that area, so an update would be good.

[unspun]

Cool. Any updates on the whole “freeing rapists like Dumond to rape again” thing? He got any changes of heart, apologies, admissions of error, anything like that?

Ninety to one hundred commutations per year in Arkansas is a pittance.

Arkansas, as I understand, does not have the "time off for good behavior" that other states have. Hence, it is customary for massive numbers of such requests to flow into the Governor's office. Gov. Huckabee paid attention to his responsibility, there.

Dumond, however, was commuted by Jim Guy Tucker, previous to Huckabee's administration and pardoned by a Clinton/Tucker appointed parole board. (His parole was also lobbied for by many Arkansas conservatives, who apparently thought that Clintonistas were persecuting the man.)

And BTW, yes, Huckabee has repeatedly expressed his regrets for playing his (very small and hesitant) role in the Dumond matter.

[jim35]

The families of the victims say no apologies and no explanations of why he pardoned the felons was ever given. We are talking vicious rapists and murderers here and while unspun may try to blow it off, let me say it again, UNSPUN DOES NOT LIVE IN ARKANSAS. Huckabee pardoned more criminals than all of the states surrounding AR combined during said time period. He pardoned more criminals in 10 years as Gov than Bill Clinton pardoned during 12 years. It makes me shudder to think what he'd do with Presidential pardoning powers. How many AR FReepers do you see pushing Huckabee? You should really check out some of their links. Huckabee fooled me into voting for him in the past too, never again.