Difference between revisions of "Wayne Dumond"
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| − | '''Wayne Dumond''' was a | + | '''Wayne Dumond''' was a convicted murderer and rapist from Arkansas. His first known crime was the murder of an elderly man in Oklahoma, although he was not prosecuted because he testified against two other accomplices who had helped in the murder. His next crime was molestation of an under-aged girl in a mall parking lot, which resulted in a five-year sentence. His next crime was rape, but before the trial, the prosecution was dropped because he agreed to undergo counseling. |
==Rape of Ashley Stevens== | ==Rape of Ashley Stevens== | ||
| − | Most famously, Dumond raped 17 year old Arkansas cheerleader Ashley Stevens in 1984. | + | Most famously, Dumond raped 17-year old Arkansas cheerleader Ashley Stevens in 1984. In March of 1985, before going to trial, Dumond claimed that he had been attacked in his home and castrated. No criminal charges were ever filed for the supposed-attack. |
| + | Dumond was eventually sentenced to life plus twenty years in prison. In September of 1990, Clinton, as the governor of Arkansas, overrode the recommendations of the Arkansas Parole Board to commute the sentence to time already served. Dumond supporters rallied for his release, intimating that Clinton had overrode the recommendations because of his familial relation to Ashley Steven's relation (third cousins). | ||
==Parole== | ==Parole== | ||
| − | + | While Clinton was on the campaign trail, the Lieutenant Governor, Jim Guy Tucker, commuted the sentence to 39-years in prison. This allowed Jim Guy Tucker to have access to parole. Dumond was eventually paroled, due partially to the governor of Arkansas at that time, Mike Huckabee, who believed Dumond had been imprisoned due to the victim's connection to Bill Clinton. Upon his release in 1999, Dumond moved to Missouri and married Terry Sue, a member of a church group that visited him while incarcerated. In 2001, he was arrested for the murder of Carol Sue shields, and was convicted in 2003. In 2005, he died in the Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron, Missouri, apparently because of cancer to the vocal chords. | |
Revision as of 17:48, January 5, 2008
Wayne Dumond was a convicted murderer and rapist from Arkansas. His first known crime was the murder of an elderly man in Oklahoma, although he was not prosecuted because he testified against two other accomplices who had helped in the murder. His next crime was molestation of an under-aged girl in a mall parking lot, which resulted in a five-year sentence. His next crime was rape, but before the trial, the prosecution was dropped because he agreed to undergo counseling.
Rape of Ashley Stevens
Most famously, Dumond raped 17-year old Arkansas cheerleader Ashley Stevens in 1984. In March of 1985, before going to trial, Dumond claimed that he had been attacked in his home and castrated. No criminal charges were ever filed for the supposed-attack. Dumond was eventually sentenced to life plus twenty years in prison. In September of 1990, Clinton, as the governor of Arkansas, overrode the recommendations of the Arkansas Parole Board to commute the sentence to time already served. Dumond supporters rallied for his release, intimating that Clinton had overrode the recommendations because of his familial relation to Ashley Steven's relation (third cousins).
Parole
While Clinton was on the campaign trail, the Lieutenant Governor, Jim Guy Tucker, commuted the sentence to 39-years in prison. This allowed Jim Guy Tucker to have access to parole. Dumond was eventually paroled, due partially to the governor of Arkansas at that time, Mike Huckabee, who believed Dumond had been imprisoned due to the victim's connection to Bill Clinton. Upon his release in 1999, Dumond moved to Missouri and married Terry Sue, a member of a church group that visited him while incarcerated. In 2001, he was arrested for the murder of Carol Sue shields, and was convicted in 2003. In 2005, he died in the Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron, Missouri, apparently because of cancer to the vocal chords.