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Persuasive Appeal Helped Clemmons Win Clemency
December 01, 2009
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Maurice Clemmons likely would still be sitting in an Arkansas prison cell if he hadn't convinced former Gov. Mike Huckabee and the state's parole board that he'd reformed while behind bars for a teenage crime spree.
Clemmons, a suspect in Sunday's slaying of four Lakewood police officers, had been sentenced to about 100 years in prison for several felonies, including bringing a gun to school and a robbery in which he punched a woman in the face.
He would not have been eligible for parole until 2015 or later, according to Arkansas court documents and prosecutors.
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