Did Huck Pardon Shooter For Religious Reasons?

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — As governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee had a hand pardoning or commuting many more prisoners than his three immediate predecessors combined. Maurice Clemmons, the suspect in Sunday's slaying of four Seattle-area police officers, was among them.

Prosecutors have said Huckabee, a Southern Baptist preacher, was more inclined to release or reduce the sentences of prisoners if he had direct contact with them or was lobbied by those close to him. Clemmons' letter perhaps appealed to Huckabee's Christian faith.

In his application for clemency, Clemmons wrote that he prayed Huckabee would show him compassion and said at the time of his crimes he had just moved to Arkansas from Seattle. Clemmons also wrote that he had changed his life since "the angel of death has visited and taken away my dear sweet mother."

At Salon, Joe Conason reports that Huckabee has a pattern of releasing violent criminals after interventions by fellow Baptist preachers or professions of Christian faith by the inmates themselves. Wayne Dumond is one such case; in another instance the public outcry was so strong that Huckabee was forced to reverse his decision.

There's more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/01/huckabees-clemmons-pardon_n_375020.html

Ol'Huckabuck....Hearin' the word of Gawd.

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1. So does this mean we should not even take a murderer to trial

just tell him not to do it anymore and turn him loose.