“What Roy Cooper has done is worse than Former Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts releasing the infamous Willie Horton, previously convicted of murder, who went on to kidnap, rape, and murder again after Dukakis gave him a release and pardon.”
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CredMeter Fact Check Verdict
Fact Check Performed On October 12, 2026
Willie Horton was on a weekend furlough from a Massachusetts prison under a program Dukakis supported and later restricted, not released or pardoned. Horton committed kidnapping, rape, and assault while on the run, but did not murder again.
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