December 4, 2009
Press On: Just say no to early prison releases
Whatever happened to "You do the crime you do the time?" In America it doesn't work that way anymore. We, as a society, are soft toward criminals and it often comes back to haunt us.
Just ask former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. He commuted the sentence of Maurice Clemmons in 2000. Clemmons had 95 years left on a 108-year sentence when Huckabee commuted his remaining prison time. Six days before Clemmons killed four police officers in Washington, he made bail for the rape of a child. Pierce County Washington police spokesperson Ed Troyer said, "The only motive that we have is he decided he was going to kill police officers." Fortunately, two days after Clemmons killed the four officers, a Seattle police officer was able to shoot and kill Clemmons before the killer was able to shoot him…
LINK - Record-Bee.com
