Don’t blame Huckabee for Maurice Clemmons | Federal Way letters

Published 10:52 am Friday, December 4, 2009

I am no fan of Mike Huckabee, but I would like to say something in his defense. Huckabee is the former governor of Arkansas and the former Republican candidate for president.

It seems that people are blaming Huckabee for commuting the sentence of Maurice Clemmons, the alleged killer of four Lakewood police. In fact, you would think Huckabee actually helped Clemmons pull the trigger.

Let’s be sensible about this. Huckabee commuted this sentence nine years ago. The legal system in the state of Washington released Clemmons from jail with a $15,000 bail only a couple of days before the fatal shooting.

If anyone wants to put blame, let it be on the state of Washington, not Arkansas.

Leo J. Thoennes, Federal Way