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The day's only other Campaign 2008 story was by ABC's Brian Ross for his Investigates feature. It concerned Wayne Dumond, a convicted rapist who was paroled by Arkansas only to rape again and murder in Missouri shortly after securing his freedom. What makes this gruesome tale a political issue is that a member of that Board of Parole, Prof Charles Chastain of the University of Arkansas, told Ross that "a rare personal appeal" by then Gov Michael Huckabee had been persuasive. Republican candidate Huckabee replied: "I did not pressure the board. Frankly it is ludicrous to think that I could." Ross explained why some in Arkansas find it credible that Huckabee was involved. The high school cheerleader Dumond was convicted of raping happened to be a distant cousin of Bill Clinton. "Many Republicans in Arkansas felt her attacker got unfair treatment--including Huckabee."
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