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Mike Huckabee continues to defend his clemency actions

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this new CNN piece, Mike Huckabee continues to aggressively defend his clemency decision-making in the Clemmons case despite the aggressive attacks in the wake of Clemmons horrible crimes last week.  Here is one notable quote from Huckabee after a reporter got in his face about the decision: "I read a stack this thick," Huckabee said, holding his hands several inches apart. "I looked at the file. Every bit of it. And here was a case where a guy had been given 108 years. Now, if you think a 108-year sentence is an appropriate sentence for a 16-year-old for the crimes he committed, then you should run for governor of Arkansas." In addition, as reported here on Politico, in an interview on The View, Huckabee has essentially called out chief executives who fail to ever grant clemency and has rightfully invoked the Framers in support of his pro-clemency instincts: ?The easy thing to do, and frankly the politically expedient thing to do, is to say no to every last one of them...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 03, 2009 (boomark / email).