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WIRE: 06/04/2001 9:31 pm ET
Arkansas governor says he plans to commute Whitewater figure David
Hale's sentence
The Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Gov. Mike Huckabee said Monday that he plans to
commute Whitewater figure David Hale's sentence on a state insurance
conviction.
Hale's 21-day prison sentence, which he has not yet begun, would be
commuted to time served, the governor said.
Hale, 60, was a key witness in the 1996 Whitewater trial of then-Gov.
Jim Guy Tucker and James and Susan McDougal, all of whom were convicted.
Hale himself served nearly two years in federal prison after pleading
guilty to two Whitewater-related felonies.
In March 1999, a Pulaski County Circuit Court jury convicted Hale of
lying to state regulators about the solvency of his National Savings
Life Insurance Co.
Defense lawyers said the infraction was a technicality and that no one
lost money as a result.
The governor was aware of Hale's criminal past in deciding to commute
his sentence, spokesman Rex Nelson said.
"He's already considered the history and any time that may have been
served in other various factors," Nelson said.
Huckabee's announcement begins a 30-day period for public comment on the
planned commutation.
Hale once accused then-President Clinton of pressuring him to make a
$300,000 loan to Susan McDougal, but did not repeat the claim at her
trial. Clinton denied the accusation.
Copyright 2001 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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