"Jeff Binkley -> Ross Sauer"  wrote in news:19511
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 RS>> If it wasn't Clemmons, same sentence for the shooter.

 RS>> I just learned after posting the above, who is the asshole who gave
 RS>> Clemmons clemency in Arkansas, despite Clemmons' violent history.

 RS>> No, not Stan's favorite whipping boy.

 RS>> Ex-governor of Arkansas, and Fox News TV host Mike Huckabee.

 RS>> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010385617
 RS>> _webmansought29.html

 JB> You didn't comment on this part of the article:

So?

 JB> ====================================================

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

That's eight felony convictions that never should have happened.

 JB> Huckabee, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination last
year,
 JB> issued a statement tonight calling the slaying of the police officers
"a
 JB> horrible and tragic event."

Pretty standard.

 JB> If Clemmons is found responsible, "it will be the result of a series
of
 JB> failures in the criminal justice system in both Arkansas and
Washington
 JB> State," Huckabee said.

Major CYA, AGAIN, from Huckabee.

Huckabee did the same thing when a guy he fought to get released after a
rape conviction raped and murdered a woman.

 JB> He added that Clemmons' release from prison had been reviewed and
 JB> approved by the Arkansas parole board.

Classic pass the buck.
The Arkansas governor has a great deal of influence on those boards.

Would you accept this excuse, had Bill Clinton been governor at that
time?
Hell no.

 JB> Clemmons had been in jail in Pierce County for the past several months
 JB> on a pending charge of second-degree rape of a child. He was released
 JB> from custody just six days ago, even though was staring at seven
 JB> additional felony charges in Washington state.

 JB> ====================================================

 JB> The state of Washington should have never let this clown free.  If he
is
 JB> the shooter, he should get the death penalty.  Regardless, he should
not
 JB> be walking free.  Let's wait and see what the evidence shows.

Does Washington even have the Death Penalty?
Even if it does, I say no to executing the shooter of those cops.
Because that's what guys who are actually guilty, want.
"Suicide by Death Penalty."

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