He has a whole big fat record of being soft on criminals:
___ Here are the figures for neighboring states since 1996, when Huckabee took office (and keep in mind the population of these states is nearly 20 times ours):
___ >> Louisiana 213.
___ >> Mississippi 24.
___ >> Missouri 79.
___ >> Oklahoma 178.
___ >> Tennessee 32.
___ >> Texas 98 (in-cludes 36 inmates released because they were convicted on drug charges with planted evidence).
___ Total: 624 vs. Huckabee’s 703.
___ Governors in neighboring states almost never grant killers clemency, while Huckabee has commuted the sentences of a dozen murderers.
Other states have more aggressive and automatic policies for commuting prison sentences. In Arkansas, it depends much more on the governor's office.