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Michelle Malklin: The man sought in the Lakewood, Washington, police shooting had his prison sentence commuted by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. The AP also has that information in their report. I always thought that Gov. Huckabee was too quick to grant clemency and disagreed with all those that made the papers. For example, the Wayne Dumond case was highly publicized. I may be wrong but I recall that Gov. Clinton did not make such mistakes. (Yes, he made other mistakes.)

On Huckabee's record see here.  From 1996 to 2004 he used his clemency power 703 times, compared to 624 times for the combined total in Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. Huckabee made a routine use of his clemency power, commuting sentences of a dozen murderers.

In the Washington shooting, the man's name is Maurice Clemmons, age 37. He has a long criminal history. Huckabee commuted his sentence in May 2000. Michelle has the full details.

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