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WHOA: Suspected Police Assassin Was Pardoned by Gov. Huckabee in 2004
minx.cc - 11/30/2009
WHOA: Suspected Police Assassin Was Pardoned by Gov. Huckabee in 2004
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Huckabee's chickens coming home to roost: Maurice Clemmons, the 37-year-old Tacoma man being sought for questioning in the killing of four Lakewood police officers this morning, has a long criminal record punctuated by violence, erratic behavior and concerns about...
arktimes.com - 11/30/2009
Arkansas Times
— arktimes.com — Editor's note, Sept. 1, 2005: Wayne Dumond, convicted of rape in Arkansas and murder in Missouri, died... of apparent natural causes in prison Tuesday. The occasion prompts us to republish Murray Waas' prize-winning article for the Arkansas Times in 2002 ... (more) Arkansas Times
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Old Clemency May Be Issue for Huckabee
nytimes.com - 12/1/2009
Old Clemency May Be Issue for Huckabee
— nytimes.com — When Mike Huckabee , a former Southern Baptist minister then serving as governor of Arkansas, granted clemency... to Maurice Clemmons nine years ago, he cited his age: Mr. Clemmons was 16 when he began the crime spree for which he was sentenced to more ... (more) Old Clemency May Be Issue for Huckabee
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damnum absque injuria:  I (Don’t) Like (M)Ike

Ace of Spades HQ:  Seattle Area Police Shooting Update: Suspect Not In Surrounded House

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I (Don’t) Like (M)Ike
damnum absque injuria — ... by Xrlq @ 11:25 pm I used to complain about the fact that one innocent person is dead because Mike Huckabee was once governor of Arkansas. I regret to say that I was off by a factor of five (so far?). ...

Seattle Area Police Shooting Update: Suspect Not In Surrounded House
Ace of Spades HQ — ... his bloody encounter with the officers. Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said the location of Maurice Clemmons was not known, and it's possible he still could be in the neighborhood. Troyer also said people who know Clemmons told investigators he had been shot in the torso. "If he didn't get a ride out of there, he could still be in the area," Troyer said. If you missed it last night, Clemmons had an earlier sentence commuted by then Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. The Huckster released a statement which essentially boiled down to a promise to spend the rest ...

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