Dave
Staff member
So this 17 year old kid with a HUGE rap sheet was sentenced to 95 years in prison in 1989 for a host of charges, including robberies, burglaries, thefts and bringing a gun to school. During a pre-trial hearing, the kid hid a piece of metal in his sock, media reports at the time said. Before the start of another hearing, he grabbed a padlock off his holding cell and threw it at a court bailiff. He missed, and the lock hit his mother, who had come to bring him clothes.
After serving only 11 years, Governor (then) Huckabee commuted the sentence, citing the kid's age as a mitigating factor.
Less than a year after his release he was arrested for aggravated robbery and theft and taken back to jail on violating his parole. But never prosecuted because of a technicality.
Since then he's punched a cop in the face, shown erratic behavior that is indicative of mental instability. And now he's finally snapped. And now, after serving several months in jail on a pending charge of second-degree rape of a child, he was released on bond. That was 6 days before he walked into a cafe, turned and shot 4 police dead.
I place the blame square on Huckabee. The fact that he commuted the sentence without looking into the situation himself was irresponsible. Now he's blaming the criminal justice system and trying to shunt as much of the blame away from himself as he can.
This is not a Republican/Democrat thing, but if the Republicans still back this guy I never - ever - want to hear anything about how tough on crime they are again.
After serving only 11 years, Governor (then) Huckabee commuted the sentence, citing the kid's age as a mitigating factor.
Less than a year after his release he was arrested for aggravated robbery and theft and taken back to jail on violating his parole. But never prosecuted because of a technicality.
Since then he's punched a cop in the face, shown erratic behavior that is indicative of mental instability. And now he's finally snapped. And now, after serving several months in jail on a pending charge of second-degree rape of a child, he was released on bond. That was 6 days before he walked into a cafe, turned and shot 4 police dead.
I place the blame square on Huckabee. The fact that he commuted the sentence without looking into the situation himself was irresponsible. Now he's blaming the criminal justice system and trying to shunt as much of the blame away from himself as he can.
This is not a Republican/Democrat thing, but if the Republicans still back this guy I never - ever - want to hear anything about how tough on crime they are again.