Twelve convicted murderers?

I heard a caller on Rush state that Huckabee, as governor of Arkansas, pardoned 12 convicted murderers?

Is that correct?

Mostly because he was convinced they found Jesus. He's toast. The Dems can actually look like law-and-order guys next to this chump. Bill Clinton probably was tougher on criminals as gov.

Do you ever wonder why Bill Maher has had Huckles on so much? Every time I saw him I was very confused as to why he was featured by Maher so many times. And Maher seemed to handle him with 'kid gloves' as well.

Anyway, I'll be satisfied with the background on the pardons.

maybe they wanted a new McCain, a new "cool Republican" to champion, I don't know. Anyway, here's some reading material:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3096850

http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2004/07/22/News/261108.html

http://www.arkansasleader.com/frontstories/st_07_21_04/huckabee5.html

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Huckabee apparently listened to Green's minister (and a friend of the governor), who thinks the murder was an accident and Green was forced to confess.

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Green, a 22-year-old sergeant, kidnapped Helen Lynette Spencer on Little Rock Air Force Base, where he beat and kicked her as he tried to rape her in a secluded area. She broke loose and ran toward the barracks' parking lot, where he caught up with her and beat her with a pair of nunchucks.
___ He then stuffed her into the trunk of his car and left her there while he cleaned up. Several hours later, he drove down Graham Road, past Loop Road and stopped near a bridge in Lonoke County. Green told investigators he put her body in the front seat and raped her because her body was still warm.
___ He dragged Spencer out of his vehicle and put her in front of the car and ran over her several times, going back and forth. He then collected himself long enough to dump her body in Twin Prairie Bayou.
___ This is what the Rev. Johnny Jackson, interim pastor at Bethel Baptist Church in Jacksonville, calls an accident, and apparently Huckabee believes him.
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What a friggin' lunatic.

Hey, we can even "praise god" for sending him to us

(Assuming that god, if she exists, has nothing better to do than pay attention to local politics).