Whitewater Figure’s Sentence Is Commuted
Gov. Mike Huckabee commuted the 21-day state prison sentence for Whitewater figure David Hale on a state insurance conviction.
Huckabee, who was unavailable to comment, has said Hale’s medical condition affected his decision. Hale, 60, has had two heart attacks and uses a pacemaker.
Hale, a former Arkansas judge, pleaded guilty in 1994 to conspiracy and mail fraud counts in the Whitewater inquiry and served 21 months in federal prison. He became independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr’s top witness against then-Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, President Clinton and Clinton’s Whitewater business partners, James B. and Susan McDougal.
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