re: #281 Charles

I asked the question because if you read the article above, it’s clear that Clemmons was obsessed with religion, and used it to manipulate people. And there’s a long history of convicts using religion to trick their way out of prison.

Apparently the prosecutors were strongly opposed to Huckabee’s granting clemency. Why did he ignore their objections?

And Huckabee is a hardcore fundamentalist, who wants to amend the US Constitution to make it more in line with “Biblical principles.”

There are serious reasons to ask that question.

I agree there are very good reasons to think that a “conversion” may have played into Huckabee’s decision. In this case it doesn’t appear so.

However, some in the thread were discussing this as if it were actually the case that Huckabee granted the clemency for religious reasons, which I found odd since Killgore posted upthread that it appeared to be about the guy’s age.