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Clemency Proclamation signed by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee for Washington State Police Killer - To view the original document (in .pdf format) you must have a Arkansas Library Account, FoxNews has linked the signed petition in .pdf format:

http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/113009clemmonsproc.pdf

Additional Criminal Court Information is available at

http://www.arkansas.gov/search/gsearch.php?profile=google-argov&collection=State_Sites&words=maurice+clemmons

Clemmons was already sentenced to prison for a term of 45 years when Huckabee signed his clemency proclamation. By the time Clemmons was 18, he already had proved himself to be a violent habitual criminal. Clemmons had been found guilty of and sentenced to prison on five felony convictions on charges of robbery, theft of property and possessing a handgun on school property. These charges are prior to the two convictions acknowledged in Huckabee's Clemency Proclamation.

As more of Clemmons violent background and criminal history is reported, it is clear; those who are charged with protecting the public from violent, repeat offenders failed society at every step. Now 4 officers lay dead and 9 children have lost a parent.

How can a single person involved in releasing Clemmons back into society sleep at night?

(Excerpted in accordance with FR's policy on Washington Post Articles)

According to the Seattle Times, Clemmons had a "long history of trouble in Arkansas":

News accounts out of Arkansas offer a confusing -- and, at times, conflicting -- description of Clemmons' criminal history and prison time.

In 1990, Clemmons, then 18, was sentenced in Arkansas to 60 years in prison for burglary and theft of property, according to a news account in Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Newspaper stories describe a series of disturbing incidents involving Clemmons while he was being tried in Arkansas on various charges.

During one trial, Clemmons was shackled in leg irons and seated next to a uniformed officer. The presiding judge ordered the extra security because he felt Clemmons had threatened him, court records show......................

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/11/huckabee-commuted-sentence-of.html

(Mike Huckabee's) Statement Regarding Washington State Slayings
	11/29/2009 8:59:16 PM PST · by Gordon Greene · 102 replies · 2,703+ views mikehuckabee.com ^ \| 11-29-2009 \| Mike Huckabee "The senseless and savage execution of police officers in Washington State has saddened the nation, and early reports indicate that a person of interest is a repeat offender who once lived in Arkansas and was wanted on outstanding warrants here and Washington State. The murder of any individual is profound tragedy, but the murder of a police officer is the worst of all murders in that it is an assault on every citizen and the laws we live within. Should he be found to be responsible for this horrible tragedy, it will be the result of a series of failures...
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There are no words...

Huckabee’s Willie Horton.

One part of this that was troubling to me, is that Huckabee only gave 31 days for the authorities to level an objection to the clemency. This was a fairly heavyweight individual to extend clemency to, in what seems like somewhat of a hurry to me.

The proof is in the pudding too. The guy obviously had serious judgment problems. They resurfaced as soon as he was let out on the streets. That being the case, why wasn’t the convict forced to serve his full terms?

There seems to have been a terrible lack of good judgment and due process here.