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Maurice Clemmons, man wanted for questioning, has long criminal history
Seattle Times ^ | November 29, 2009 | Seattle Times staff

Posted on 11/29/2009 6:16:16 PM PST by Charles Henrickson

Maurice Clemmons, the 37-year-old Tacoma man being sought for questioning in the killing of four Lakewood police officers this morning, has a long criminal record punctuated by violence, erratic behavior and concerns about his mental health.

Nine years ago, then-Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee granted clemency to Clemmons, commuting his lengthy prison sentence over the protestations of prosecutors.

"This is the day I've been dreading for a long time," Larry Jegley, prosecuting attorney for Arkansas' Pulaski County said Sunday night when informed that Clemmons was being sought in connection to the killings.

Clemmons' criminal history includes at least five felony convictions in Arkansas and at least eight felony charges in Washington. The record also stands out for the number of times he has been released from custody despite questions about the danger he posed.

Clemmons had been in jail in Pierce County for the past several months on a pending charge of second-degree rape of a child.

He was released from custody just six days ago, even though he was wanted on a fugitive warrant out of Arkansas and was staring at eight felony charges in all out of Washington state.

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Arkansas; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: arkansas; blamehuckabee; clemmons; huckabee; huckabeeclemency; huckster; lakewood; lakewoodshooting; mauriceclemmons; police; policekilling; seattle; tacoma; washington
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To: Lurker

Well there goes Huckabees pretension at a 2012 run for the presidency.One more falls away.


41 posted on 11/29/2009 6:46:47 PM PST by Candor7 ((The effective weapons Against Fascism are ridicule, derision, and truth (.Member NRA))
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To: Cicero
What about Clinton? He was gov there, too and he had a huge prison scandal while he was there.

I don't know that it involved releasing dangerous criminals but there was the bloodgate scandal.

With that guy, anything was possible.

42 posted on 11/29/2009 6:46:58 PM PST by Conservativegreatgrandma (Al Franken--the face of the third-party voters)
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To: sionnsar

Thanks. I am leaving my daughter up north for the night and
we’ll be locked and loaded this evening. We have a good dog who is very alert, but it is rural.


43 posted on 11/29/2009 6:47:33 PM PST by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: Pharmboy
how the h*ll did they let him out of prison in Washington State?? 13 rtotal felonies and child rape???

Too many sources to dig through:

1) Did he serve time in WA state?

2) For child rape? (All I've seen on that is recent filing... they don't list him as a registered sex offender)

44 posted on 11/29/2009 6:48:35 PM PST by Clint Williams (Read Roto-Reuters -- we're the spinmeisters | America -- a great idea, didn't last.)
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To: Charles Henrickson

Play your bass guitar and explain this one Mike. You have blood on your hands.


45 posted on 11/29/2009 6:48:38 PM PST by skimask
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To: rambo316
probably most people in the country don't know that they arrested another black male for an execution type killing of a Seattle police officier a couple of weeks ago....

we'd better wake up.....

46 posted on 11/29/2009 6:49:03 PM PST by cherry
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To: Bedford Forrest

people get harsher sentences for kicking their dog.....


47 posted on 11/29/2009 6:50:01 PM PST by cherry
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To: Arkinsaw

It’s his Christian duty to turn the country into a 3rd world sh**hole.


48 posted on 11/29/2009 6:50:03 PM PST by redstateconfidential (`)
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To: Charles Henrickson
Ah gee..what a stroke of luck for Fox News to have someone on their payroll who is quite familiar with this creep.

sw

49 posted on 11/29/2009 6:50:47 PM PST by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: Bedford Forrest

Well - this is Washington State. We are VERY diverse here - and tolerant. Along with Huckabee - I hope that this terrible killing will be a turning point in the soft-on-crime attitude of Washington State, and elsewhere.

Out on bail for child rape - and with numerous warrants from outside of the state!!! I hope they find the guy gutshot (one officer was able to return fire I heard) hiding under a bush in a few more days gasping for his last breath.


50 posted on 11/29/2009 6:51:44 PM PST by 21twelve (Drive Reality out with a pitchfork if you want , it always comes back.)
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To: Charles Henrickson

A Mental Crimminal.

That Huckabee set free.


51 posted on 11/29/2009 6:52:41 PM PST by Global2010 (Strange We Can Believe In)
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To: Arkinsaw
If you were opposed to the illegal part of illegal aliens then you were not a good Christian also.

That is so not true! Shows his knowledge of Christianity.
52 posted on 11/29/2009 6:53:04 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: redstateconfidential
It’s his Christian duty to turn the country into a 3rd world sh**hole.

These Christian folks have a lot to answer for, it seems to me.

53 posted on 11/29/2009 6:56:14 PM PST by Misterioso (The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. -- Ayn Rand)
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma

Clinton did issue a number of notorious pardons as president, just before he left the White House, but I don’t recall his doing that while in Little Rock. The prison blood scandal was another matter—horrible.


54 posted on 11/29/2009 6:56:37 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Clint Williams

From an AP release:

Clemmons also recently was arrested and charged in Pierce County in Washington state for third-degree assault on a police officer, and second-degree rape of a child.

55 posted on 11/29/2009 6:56:59 PM PST by Pharmboy (The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
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To: Charles Henrickson
He was released from custody just six days ago, even though he was wanted on a fugitive warrant out of Arkansas and was staring at eight felony charges in all out of Washington state.

Was a wise latina judge involved?

56 posted on 11/29/2009 6:58:53 PM PST by depressed in 06 (ZerOcare: Bureaucratic best practices equals death panels.)
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To: Charles Henrickson
"Clemmons had been in jail in Pierce County for the past several months on a pending charge of second-degree rape of a child"

And he's waling the streets today? Sadly, it was four public servants that paid the price for the failings of America's criminal justice system, and specifically judges who release violent offenders with long histories of recidivism.

I'm sick.

57 posted on 11/29/2009 7:04:35 PM PST by OldDeckHand (Obamacare - So bad, even Joe Lieberman isn't going to vote for it.)
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To: MarMema

So do they allow prisoners to play with guns?

No. The just need one new good rule. If there are 500 spaces in the jail and it is full, and there is a new inmate coming in, then they take the criminal who has been there the longest and shoot him at dawn.


58 posted on 11/29/2009 7:04:38 PM PST by Battle Axe (Repent, for the coming of the Lord is nigh.)
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To: 21twelve

Just WOW! U want the name of the judge who let this guy go in Wash? He has blood on his hands!!

Perhaps we should have angry black guys with past criminal histories on the Homeland security watch list instead of Patriotic Americans. Sorry if that is not politically correct.

Could he not be charged under the new “Hate Crime”, that will probably not happen since it was a black guy murdering a white folk.


59 posted on 11/29/2009 7:17:00 PM PST by neverbluffer (But,)
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To: Charles Henrickson

Another upstanding citizen. Let me guess, he’s out on parole.


60 posted on 11/29/2009 7:18:30 PM PST by headstamp 2
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