Huckabee worked for rapist's release because his victim was related to Clinton

[Botany]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/us/politics/09campaign.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5087&em&en=2d7eeece58585e90&ex=1197435600&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1197389236-


Two former parole board members in Arkansas said yesterday that as governor, Mr. Huckabee met with the board in 1996 to lobby them to release the convicted rapist, Wayne DuMond, whose case was championed by evangelical Christians.

“He expressed his concerns about DuMond’s guilt,” said Deborah Suttlar, a former parole board member. “He felt he deserved to be released.”

Mr. DuMond went on to murder a Missouri woman after his parole. He died in prison of natural causes in 2005.

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Nevertheless, soon after taking office, Mr. Huckabee met in October 1996 with members of the parole board, all of whom had been appointed by his Democratic predecessors. Mr. DuMond’s case, with its twists and turns — including a $110,000 judgment against a sheriff who kept Mr. DuMond’s testicles in a jar on his desk — had become something of a celebrated cause among conservative activists, who charged that Mr. Clinton’s relation to the victim had led to Mr. DuMond’s being railroaded.

[wyldwolf]

1. oh my

[yardwork]

2. That's some family values.

Not only does this reflect very badly on Huckabee, it reflects badly on the fundamentalist Christians who agitated for this murderer's release. It shines a light on the corruption in the relationship between the national fundamentalist evangelical movement and the Republican Party.

Mr. Huckabee met with the board in 1996 to lobby them to release the convicted rapist, Wayne DuMond, whose case was championed by evangelical Christians.

“He expressed his concerns about DuMond’s guilt,” said Deborah Suttlar, a former parole board member. “He felt he deserved to be released.”

Mr. DuMond went on to murder a Missouri woman after his parole. He died in prison of natural causes in 2005.

[TwilightGardener]

3. Oh, is the NYT finally covering this? Good for them. I hope every major

paper and news outlet eventually covers this--a slow trickle will keep it in the news.

[mtnsnake]

4. Huckabee is simply a conniving monster, he's Bush with a brain.

They mentioned this affair on the tube last week. It's simply one of those things that's hard to believe but unfortunately true.

[zanne]

5. Holy crap--they'd better be able to back that up.

If they can't, the Hillary campaign should sue the hell out of the NY Times. (And I'm an Obama supporter).

[speedoo]

9. huh?

What does this have to do with the Hillary campaign?

[speedoo]

6. This should finish Huckabee.

Even fundies, or at least some of them, will be repelled by Huckabee's interference in the justice system and the fatal result.

I say "should" because after the last seven years, who the f*** knows anything, anymore.

[T Wolf]

7. The Clinton-hatred of the pukes extends to condoning rape?

Q: - Who would have thought such a thing would be possible from the family-values crowd?

A: - Anyone paying attention for the last 15 years.

[JoDog]

8. One of his victims

I've read that DuMond also assaulted other women. On the eve of his release, one of his victims wrote Huckabee, begging him to keep DuMond in jail. She expressed her fear that the next time DuMond attacked a woman, he would murder her to keep her from identifying him.

In addition to the Missouri woman he was jailed for raping and murdering, he was suspected in another rape/murder in Missouri. He died before he could be charged in those crimes.

http://www.arktimes.com/Articles/ArticleViewer.aspx?ArticleID=154e1aad-fd18-4efd-8d80-b5dab8559419

[buff2]

10. Boy,that's some "Christian Minister",isn't it?

This is the reason why I detest those phony fundies. Say one thing, then do the opposite. That creep doesn't need to be running for President.He is the poster boy for hypocrisy. I wonder if Jesus hates the Clintons as much as the rightwingnut fundies do? :sarcasm:

[napi21]

11. I want to know why this story hasn't taken Huck down the same way

a similar story did Dukakis?

[TwilightGardener]

12. Give it time. It's a fatal wound. Most Americans couldn't pick Huckabee out of a lineup yet.

And Iowans are being told by their preachers and pastors to vote for him--probably has to do with fighting the Mormon.

[Botany]

13. I agree it is fatal.

Working to get somebody out of prison who then murders two people and
lying about it should sink him.

<When Mr. Huckabee met with the parole board, according to Ms. Suttlar and Charles Chastain, another board member, he said he wanted to talk to them about a specific case and raised the issue of Mr. DuMond unprompted.

“I’ve looked into this a good bit,” Mr. Chastain recalled Mr. Huckabee saying to them. “I feel he may just be a fellow from the wrong side of the tracks and gotten a raw deal.”

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Olan W. Reeves, who served as Mr. Huckabee’s chief counsel and attended the meeting, said that it was meant only to introduce the new governor to the board and that Mr. DuMond’s case came up when a board member challenged him on his support for clemency.

“He didn’t go over there to talk to them about that,” Mr. Reeves said yesterday. “The governor in Arkansas has nothing to do with parole.”>

[TwilightGardener]

14. LOL! What liars--I'm SURE Huckabee ordered a closed session, which

up until that point was illegal unless conducted for personnel issues, AND kicked out the stenographer, to have a friendly "how ya doing, nice to meetcha" meeting with the parole board.

[Botany]

15. When you have lawyers saying it was just a "meet & greet" and .....

.... that the Rapist status was brought up by a parole board not by
the Governor it does not look good.

Mike Huckabee was doing what Newt, Delay, and all those other shits
were doing at the time going after anything that was Clinton and if some
girl was raped well it was her fault for being a Clinton.

[napi21]

17. The problem for Huck is that 2 of the wromen that were raped contacted the Governor

and plead with him not to release this mad man. The one said she was positive he would rape again and the next time would kill the woman so she couldn't indetify him. One of those women also said if Hucjk is the chosen candidate she will NOT STOP until everyone knows what he did!

[HuffleClaw]

16. "a sheriff who kept Mr. DuMond’s testicles in a jar on his desk"

meep