"I succumbed to the peer pressure and the need I had to be accepted by other youth in my new environment and fell in with the wrong crowd and thus began a seven (7) month crime spree which led me to prison," Clemmons wrote in his application to Huckabee.
Clemmons said he came from "a very good Christian family" and "was raised much better than my actions speak (I'm still ashamed to this day for the shame my stupid involvement in these crimes brought to my family name.)," he wrote.
"Where once stood a young (16) year old misguided fool, who's (sic) own life he was unable to rule. Now stands a 27 year old man, who has learned through 'the school of hard knocks' to appreciate and respect the rights of others. And who has in the midst of the harsh reality of prison life developed the necessary skills to stand along (sic) and not follow a multitude of do evil, as I did as a 16 year old child."
Clemmons added that his mother had recently died without seeing him turn his life around and that he prayed Huckabee would show compassion by releasing him.
2 comments:
Man this is going to haunt Huckabee! People are so shocked that he refused to talk to victims and victim's family members before going through with his mass commutations!
I can't believe he is still on his book tour in Texas!
Just makes me sick. Thank goodness he didn't get the GOP nomination. Hope he never does!
How many other murders has he done before this? This man was a career criminal and Rev. Huck played God. I worked in the Criminal Justice System and it's not unusual for prisoners to use that reason to play on officials. These guys learn the weakness in a person and use it. How many other released prisoners have done the same.
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