<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/05/wednesday/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/05/wednesday/index.html<br></a><br><p> <b>Huckabee's role in rapist's parole comes under fresh scrutiny
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Having broken into the first tier of Republican
presidential candidates, Mike Huckabee is facing fresh scrutiny over
his role in the decision to parole a convicted rapist in 1999.
Huckabee, during his first term as Arkansas governor, sent a letter to
Wayne DuMond expressing support for his parole. Huckabee on Sunday
confirmed to CNN that he had sent the letter.</p><p> DuMond was serving
a life sentence for raping a 17-year-old girl. The Arkansas parole
board had the final say on DuMond's parole. Less than a year after his
release from prison in 1999, DuMond was accused of raping and murdering
a woman in Kansas City, Missouri, a crime he was eventually convicted
of in 2003. He died in prison in 2005.</p><p> Huckabee has repeatedly
said he wished he had had more information about DuMond before
supporting his release and recently told CNN there was no indication
DuMond remained a threat. He has said it was actions by two previous
Arkansas governors -- Jim Guy Tucker and Bill Clinton -- that made
DuMond eligible for parole.</p><p><b> But new documents posted on the Web
site The Huffington Post indicate Huckabee had received letters from
several victims of DuMond's before his release. The letters detailed
DuMond's past actions and pleaded that he remain incarcerated.</b> (Posted
4:08 p.m.)</p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Gray Tree Crab aka "Big Bertha"