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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (75799)	12/2/2009 8:29:32 PM
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Gov. Gregoire: WA will no longer accept Arkansas parolees mynw.com By JAMIE GRISWOLD MyNorthwest.com On Wednesday Governor Christine Gregoire announced that Washington state will not accept paroled criminals from the state of Arkansas until it can be determined "whether Arkansas is living up to its responsibilities." Officials in Washington and Arkansas have been sparring over who had responsibility for Maurice Clemmons who killed four Lakewood police officers Sunday at a Parkland coffee shop. Former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee, who commuted a sentence of 108 years that Clemmons was serving in Arkansas on crimes of burglary and robbery, told talk show host Michael Medved that he stands by the decision he made based on the facts available at the time. "If the same set of facts were in front of me as I had nine years ago, I would make the same decision." Huckabee said that Clemmons was evaluated by a parole board that granted his release, and that he wasn't exhibiting any of the behaviors that people now describe as obvious warning signs. "Nine years ago we didn't have any indication that this guy had anywhere like this within him. Nothing gave us indication of this. He didn't exhibit signs of the psychosis and sociopathic behavior that he did the last few years once he got to Washington." In response to Governor Gregoire's announcement Wednesday, that Washington would no longer accept Arkansas parolees, Huckabee called up some of the decisions Washington state authorities made more recently regarding Clemmons' confinement. "I wonder what [Gregoire's] going to do about judges who let someone go who has been charged with the rape of a child and the beating of a police officer. I don't understand why this guy got bail. I don't understand why he wasn't extradited back to Arkansas on the parole violations. These are issues that happened recently that should have been the signal." Clemmons was released after posting bail in Washington state on charges of raping a child just six days before he is suspected of shooting four Lakewood police officers. Clemmons was shot to death early Tuesday by a Seattle police officer. The main point at issue is a warrant that Arkansas officials issued for Clemmons. Arkansas corrections officials say the warrant should have been enough to keep Clemmons in jail on an earlier Pierce County charge. But Washington officials say it wasn't handled properly in Arkansas

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